Glossary:Truncated spur

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[edit] Truncated Spur

A blunt-ended ridge which terminates abruptly at the flank of a river valley. Its abrupt termination is normally due to erosion of an existing river spur by a glacier which tends to follow a straighter course than the former river.


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