A hanging valley:

a. is a stream valleys that was adjacent to glaciers, but was itself never glaciated.
b. marks where a glacier extended below sea level.
c. blocked the flow of one or more glaciers.
d. contained a tributary glacier.
e. is a glaciated valley that was later uplifted by tectonic forces.


D

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