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Record 1 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Glaciology
CONT

Slowly the immense glacier ... moved down the valley, scouring everything in its path, turning the valley into a barren U-shaped trough.

CONT

As the glacier traverses the streambed downwards, it bulldozes the V-shaped canyon into a wider U-shaped trough.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Glaciologie
CONT

«Auge en baquet» des vallées moyennes et inférieures; le fond plat, qui contraste vigoureusement avec les versants raides («bord d'auge»), est dû aux accumulations fluviatiles post-glaciaires ou au remaniement fluviatile des moraines de fond conservées dans les ombilics.

Spanish

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