hanging valley
English
Noun
hanging valley (plural hanging valleys)
- (geology) A valley that terminates at one end by a steep drop to a much lower valley.
Further reading
- “hanging valley”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “hanging valley”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “hanging valley”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “hanging valley”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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