Figure 8: Post Glacial Stream Erosion


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FIGURE 8: Following glacial retreat, post-glacial streams cut typical, temperate-zone "V-shaped" valleys (upper left) and carve potholes in their beds (lower). Sometimes these tributary valleys "hang" on the side of the main valley (upper right)

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