Usually means: High tributary valley, steep drop.
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  1. hanging valley: Merriam-Webster
  2. hanging valley: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hanging valley: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hanging valley: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hanging valley: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hanging valley: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. hanging valley: Dictionary.com
  8. Hanging valley, The Hanging Valley: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. hanging valley: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. hanging valley: Wiktionary

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  1. hanging valley: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hanging valley)

▸ noun:  (geology) A valley that terminates at one end by a steep drop to a much lower valley.

Similar:
geography, landform, glacial feature, gondola, slack, seine, art, cape, closet, cross, more...

Opposite:
overdeepened valley, U-shaped valley, glacial valley

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Similar:
geography, landform, glacial feature, gondola, slack, seine, art, cape, closet, cross, more...

Opposite:
overdeepened valley, U-shaped valley, glacial valley



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