page_title: Transverse valley
hierarchical_section_title: Transverse valley
caption_attribution_description: Gorges sous les Forts de l'Esseillon et la rivière Arc près d'Aussois. Photo prise à partir du Pont du diable d'Aussois qui surplombe la rivière Arc, en direction de l'ouest (l'Arc coule vers le haut de la photo). Gorges Position: Map: 45° 12' 37" N 6° 44' 15" E Camera Position: Camera location45°&#160;12′&#160;37″&#160;N, 6°&#160;44′&#160;18″&#160;E&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: A transverse valley is a valley which cuts at right angles across a ridge or, in mountainous terrain a valley that generally runs at right angles to the line of the main mountain chain or crest. Its geomorphological counterpart is the longitudinal valley.
  During the course of a long valley, both forms may alternate.
  Geologically transverse valleys frequently form a water gap where, during the course of earth history, the erosion of a river or large stream cuts a path through a mountain or hill range that stands tectonically at right angles to it.
  The Val de Travers in the Jura Mountains is a longitudinal valley, despite its name.
context_section_description: A transverse valley is a valley which cuts at right angles across a ridge or, in mountainous terrain a valley that generally runs at right angles to the line of the main mountain chain or crest. Its geomorphological counterpart is the longitudinal valley.
  During the course of a long valley, both forms may alternate.
  Geologically transverse valleys frequently form a water gap where, during the course of earth history, the erosion of a river or large stream cuts a path through a mountain or hill range that stands tectonically at right angles to it.
  The Val de Travers in the Jura Mountains is a longitudinal valley, despite its name.
caption: The River Arc, near Aussois, which runs through one of the largest transverse valleys of the Western Alps
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