Different valley types and mountains, near Akureyri, northern Iceland.

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Note classic U-shaped glacially eroded valley to R of centre, and similar valleys to its left where water courses from snow melt has started to change these to V-shaped valleys. The flat-topped mountains are a feature of those formed from basalt, the rock having been desposited in molten layers.

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Location: near Akureyri, northern Iceland.
Photo credit: © Leslie Garland / LGPL / Alamy / Afripics
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