Hanging Valley Waterfall - Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

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Photo of a hanging valley waterfall in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Hanging valleys are created during glaciation when smaller tributary glaciers form high in the valley walls. Waterfalls and streams are sometimes created when the tributaries melt.

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Pestrong, Ray
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Slide
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TIFF
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Ray Pestrong Geosciences Slide Collections, San Francisco State Unviersity
Locale
Switzerland
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Public
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