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Ask a Teacher - Geography - Physical - A Question from Debbie |
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Debbie |
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What are ribbon lakes and misfit streams?
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A ribbon lake is a glaciated u-shaped valley which has been submerged in water e.g. Loch Ness, Lomond... in fact all lochs in Scotland.
A mis-fit stream is a stream flowing along the bottom of a u-shaped valley. It is mis-fit in the sense that the river did not create the u-shaped valley. Hence all streams flowing in a glaciated u-shaped valley are mis-fit.
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