While hiking up a mountain valley, you come upon a lake, dammed by a wall of unc
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While hiking up a mountain valley, you come upon a lake, dammed by a wall of unconsolidated sediments. You suspect that those sediments may have been deposited across the valley by a glacier that has since melted away. Describe thoroughly what those sediments would look like and why they could not be from a stream. Viewing up the valley, what other clue wuld support it being a glaciated valley rather than a stream valley? Large boulders are strewn haphazardly throughout the valley as well? Does that evidnece support a glacier depositing the boulders or a stream depositing the boulders? Defend your reasoning
Explanation / Answer
Ans- the lakes on glacial valley are known as ribbon lake , looks very soft flat and having hanging valley. these are produced due to over depending , which is characteristics feature of glacial valley
The other factors include the valley will be U shaped, it will have boulders, trough end, various steps and hanging valley.
The reason for this valley for not belonging to stream valley is that the stream valley are always V shaped.
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