flat-floored valley

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• interior valley —    A large, flat floored closed depression in a karst area whose drainage is ultimately subsurface and its floor is commonly covered by alluvium. Some interior valleys may become ephemeral lakes during periods of heavy rainfall, when sinking… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• mountain valley —     a) Any small, externally drained V shaped depression (in cross section) cut or deepened by a stream and floored with alluvium, or a broader, U shaped depression modified by an alpine glacier and floored with either till or alluvium, that… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

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• Lake Magenta — Location Shire of Kent, Western Australia Coordinates 33°27′03″S 119°11′01″E …   Wikipedia

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