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Valli con profilo a doccia

English translation: U-shaped valleys


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Italian term or phrase:Valli con profilo a doccia
English translation:U-shaped valleys
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13:29 Nov 6, 2010
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Italian term or phrase: Valli con profilo a doccia
Forma di erosione e deposito glaciale.
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dgiulie
Local time: 12:10
U-shaped valleys
Explanation:
A U-shaped valley is the shape left after a valley has been overdeepened by a glacier.
http://www.scalloway.org.uk/phyl12.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley#Glacial_valleys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-shaped_valley
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/glacier/uvalley.ht...
La valle glaciale ha quindi una forma ad U ed è chiamata per questo valle a doccia o truogolo glaciale.
http://www.7doc.it/biologia/2606-i-ghiacciai.html
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Francesca Casoli
Italy
Local time: 12:10
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1U-shaped valleys
Francesca Casoli
3Valleys outlined by rainwater
Gad Kohenov
3 -1rift valleyConstantinos Faridis
Summary of reference entries provided
fossa tettonica = rift valley
Gad Kohenov

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rift valley


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Constantinos Faridis
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disagree  philgoddard: That's valle tettonica.
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Valleys outlined by rainwater


Explanation:
With no more context I think this is it.

Gad Kohenov
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
U-shaped valleys


Explanation:
A U-shaped valley is the shape left after a valley has been overdeepened by a glacier.
http://www.scalloway.org.uk/phyl12.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley#Glacial_valleys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-shaped_valley
http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/glacier/uvalley.ht...
La valle glaciale ha quindi una forma ad U ed è chiamata per questo valle a doccia o truogolo glaciale.
http://www.7doc.it/biologia/2606-i-ghiacciai.html

Francesca Casoli
Italy
Local time: 12:10
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agree  philgoddard
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Reference: fossa tettonica = rift valley

Reference information:
Rift Valley
La Rift Valley o anche Great Rift Valley (dall'lingua inglese rift valley, "fossa tettonica") è una vasta formazione geografica e geologica che si estende in direzione nord-sud per oltre 5000 km, dal nord della Siria (sud-ovest dell'Asia) al centro del Mozambico (est dell'Africa). La valle varia in larghezza dai 30 ai 100 km e in profondità da qualche centinaio a parecchie migliaia di metri. Si è creata dalla separazione delle placche tettoniche africana e araba, che iniziò 35 milioni di anni fa, e dalla separazione dell'Africa dell'est dal resto dell'Africa, processo iniziato da 15 milioni di anni. Il nome alla valle fu dato dall'esploratore John Walter Gregory. Qui è stato trovato un antichissimo uomo primitivo, cui fu dato il nome di Mary.

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