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Urstromtal

glacial meltwater valley

noun OOR-shtrom-tahl Rare

Also means

ice-age valley

Usage Note

Urstromtal describes a broad, flat valley formed by glacial meltwater streams during the last ice age. The Berlin and Warsaw lowlands sit in prominent Urstromtäler; the term is standard in German physical geography.

Examples

"Berlin liegt in einem alten Urstromtal, das heute kaum erkennbar ist."

Natural Translation

Berlin lies in an old glacial valley that is barely recognizable today.

Literal Translation

Berlin lies in an old glacial-valley that today barely recognizable is.

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