
Landforms
A Valley in Cross-Section: Reading Its Slopes and Floor
A valley cross-section helps you describe slopes, benches and the floor clearly, while keeping the shape separate from…
Read the contours, valleys and ridges that shape a landscape.

A valley cross-section helps you describe slopes, benches and the floor clearly, while keeping the shape separate from…
The shape of the ground, the nature of its materials and the movement of water all leave clues. We take time to notice how they fit together.