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This photograph shows an example of a U-shaped glacial valley or a glacial trough. The valley is relatively straight, which is common for most glacial valleys, and the valley bottom is flat with steeply sloping sides. These clues indicate that a glacier carved the valley, not the river currently located here.

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Created December 1999 by K.A. Lemke & S.L. Schultz. Last updated January 18, 2002 by KAL (klemke@uwsp.edu).