Overdeepening

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• Overdeepening — Sognefjord in Norway, the second longest fjord in the world, shows characteristic overdeepening. Overdeepening is a characteristic of basins and valleys eroded by glaciers. An overdeepened valley profile is often eroded to depths which are… …   Wikipedia

• overdeepening — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ noun : the process or result of deepening excessively this overdeepening amounts at most to only a few hundred feet Journal of Geology …   Useful english dictionary

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