U-SHAPED VALLEY
Leh Valley Ladakh NW Indian Himalaya 2006
It has a characteristic U shape, with steep, straight sides and a flat bottom. The erosion agent is ice. It is erosion, because ice pushed material down and carved out a pipe-looking landscape. As the ice weight increased and traveled across and down the slope the material continually was pushed down the mountain.
It has a characteristic U shape, with steep, straight sides and a flat bottom. The erosion agent is ice. It is erosion, because ice pushed material down and carved out a pipe-looking landscape. As the ice weight increased and traveled across and down the slope the material continually was pushed down the mountain.
This can be identified by the snowy mountain part and the drop into a valley with a pipe-looking landscape.