How does a hanging valley form?

Answer 1

A tributary valley that joins a main valley where the latter has been deepened, usually by glacial erosion, resulting in a steep drop from the floor of the tributary valley to the floor of the main valley. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

Answer 2

Similar to rivers, glaciers have tributaries. However as the main glacier erodes deeper into the valley, the tributary is left higher up the steep sides of the glacier. These U-shaped valleys ending with a water fall at the cliff-face are called hanging valleys.

When a river erodes the landscape, ridges of land form in its upper course which jut into the river. These are called interlocking spurs. A glacier removes these ridges leaving behind truncated spurs.

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Answer 3

A tributary valley that joins a main valley where the latter has been deepened, usually by glacial erosion, resulting in a steep drop from the floor of the tributary valley to the floor of the main valley. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

A tributary valley that joins a main valley where the latter has been deepened, usually by glacial erosion, resulting in a steep drop from the floor of the tributary valley to the floor of the main valley. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

A tributary valley that joins a main valley where the latter has been deepened, usually by glacial erosion, resulting in a steep drop from the floor of the tributary valley to the floor of the main valley. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

A tributary valley that joins a main valley where the latter has been deepened, usually by glacial erosion, resulting in a steep drop from the floor of the tributary valley to the floor of the main valley. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

A tributary valley that joins a main valley where the latter has been deepened, usually by glacial erosion, resulting in a steep drop from the floor of the tributary valley to the floor of the main valley. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

A tributary valley that joins a main valley where the latter has been deepened, usually by glacial erosion, resulting in a steep drop from the floor of the tributary valley to the floor of the main valley. For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

Answer 4

A hanging valley is the result of a glacier gouging a valley into the path of a larger glacier, much as tributary to a river would. The larger glacier carves out a deeper valley than the smaller tributary glacier and so the smaller valley is not as deep as the main valley and is said to hang.

Answer 5

A hanging valley forms when a smaller glacier, located above a larger glacier, erodes a U-shaped valley that is left hanging above the main valley after the ice melts. This creates a distinct elevation difference between the two valleys.