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Definition
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A blind valley is a gorge that terminates abruptly at a point where the stream sinks.
Gilli, 2015
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blind valley - a valley that is closed abruptly at its lower end by a cliff or slope facing up the valley.
Gillieson, 1996
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Large allogenic streams penetrate farther into the karst in well-defined valleys before they sink, and they produce landforms known as blind valleys, because their valleys usually terminate abruptly in a cliff or steep slope.
Gunn, 2004
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blind valley : A valley that ends suddenly at the point where its stream disappears underground; some blind valleys have no present-day streams. See also half-blind valley; marginal polje.
Monroe, 1970
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Frame
| FORM | closed abruptly at its lower end by a cliff or slope facing up the valley |
| that terminates abruptly | |
| valleys usually terminate abruptly in a cliff or steep slope | |
| LOCATION | at a point where the stream sinks |
| at the point where its stream disappears underground | |
| CAUSE | Large allogenic streams penetrate farther into the karst in well-defined valleys before they sink |
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