Glacial Meltwater Channel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Glacial Meltwater Channel by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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Glacial Meltwater Channel
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 1 Nov 2011
This has all the classic hallmarks of a glacial meltwater channel - a wide sinuous valley far too big to have been created by the stream it contains. The boggy ground in the valley floor is also a common feature. The house at top left is Upper Peterden.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.602715
Longitude
-2.643688