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Hanging Valley is very common in
Options:
A .  glaciated areas
B .  high mountains
C .  coastal belt
D .  sub-Arctic region
Answer: Option A
Answer: (a)
When the glaciers melt, the tributary troughs are left as hanging valleys high on the walls of the main glacial valley. A hanging valley is a tributary valley with the floor at a higher relief than the main channel into which it flows.
They are most commonly associated with U-shaped valleys when a tributary glacier flows into a glacier of larger volume.

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