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VALLEE AVEUGLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A valley that terminates abruptly.

OBS

Blind valleys differ from pocket valleys in that the latter develop where underground water emerges in greater or less volume.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Vallée fermée à son extrémité avant.

CONT

Le modelé de la vallée aveugle provient du fait que le cours d'eau, qui lui a donné naissance, disparaît dans une perte, et, tandis qu'il continue à façonner la vallée vers l'amont, il cesse d'agir à l'aval de la perte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Valle sin salida donde los cursos fluviales se pierden en sumideros.

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