A river that has been abandoned due to glacier retreat (IMAGE)

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A river that has been abandoned due to glacier retreat

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A river that has been abandoned due to glacier retreat. The Norse had farms in this valley, and while they were there the river would have been much larger, draining meltwater and depositing sediment directly from the ice sheet. Credit: James Lea.

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Credit: James Lea.

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