Cross valley

A mountain valley that runs essentially across the main directions of the mountain ridges is referred to as a transversal or transverse valley . Its geomorphological counterpart is the long valley .

Both forms can alternate with each other over the course of a longer valley .

Geologically, transverse valleys often represent a breakthrough valley , where in the course of the earth's history the erosion of a river or water-rich brook has created a passage through a tectonically transverse mountain range.

The Val de Travers in the Jura mountains is unlike his name Central Valley .