SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Question
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Steep, narrow, u-shaped valley that is carved out by a glacier.
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Eurasia
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The English Channel
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Fjords
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The Strait of Gibraltar
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Valley glaciers sometimes flow through narrow inlets (fjords) into the ocean. They over-steepen the walls around them, as they do when carving u-shaped valleys. Thus, fjords have tall, steep walls like glacial valleys, but their floors are below sea level and thus are inundated with ocean water.
Detailed explanation-2: -A fjord, as the Sognefjord, is per definition a glacially overdeepened valley, usually narrow and steepsided, extended below sea level and naturally filled with seawater.
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