Glen Roy, in the Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland, is a glen noted for the geological phenomenon of three loch terraces known as the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy. The terraces formed along the shorelines of an ancient ice-dammed loch that existed during a brief spell of climatic deterioration within a much longer period of deglaciation following the last main ice age, and from a distance resemble man-made roads running along the side of the glen, which is how they got their name; much of the glen is now designated a national nature reserve.
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side of the glen, hence the name. Much of the glen is designated as a national nature reserve.
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The terraces formed along the shorelines of an ancient ice-dammed loch that existed during a brief period (some 900-1,100 years in duration) of climatic deterioration, during a much longer period of deglaciation, subsequent to the last main ice age (the Devensian).
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Glen Roy (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Ruaidh, meaning "red glen") in the Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland is a glen noted for the geological phenomenon of three loch terraces known as the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy.
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