hanging valley

English

Noun

hanging valley (plural hanging valleys)

1. (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.