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A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other.
A valley shoulder appears at the place where the tributary flowed into the river before the glacial period. The side valley loses its height and develops into a hanging valley. In permeable rock like limestone) a side-valley becomes a gorge. In granite or other crystalline areas a waterfall may result.
Valley is a low area between hills. Valley may also refer to: Places. Canada. Valley, Nova Scotia ... This page was last edited on 7 November 2023, at 12:42 (UTC).
The Willamette Valley (/ w ɪ ˈ l æ m ɪ t / ⓘ wil-AM-it) is a 150-mile (240 km) long valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley and is surrounded by mountains on three sides: the Cascade Range to the east, the Oregon Coast Range to the west, and the ...
The Valley of Mexico attracted prehistoric humans because the region was rich in biodiversity and had the capacity of growing substantial crops. [4] Generally speaking, humans in Mesoamerica, including central Mexico, began to leave a hunter-gatherer existence in favor of agriculture sometime between the end of the Pleistocene epoch and the beginning of the Holocene. [11]
Dale, Vaksdal is located in a dale (valley; note the variant spellings of the center and the Norwegian municipality). A dale is a valley, especially an open, gently-sloping ground between low hills with a stream flowing through it. [1]
The armies are encamped near the city, each in its own valley. A third valley separates the two hills, and the only way for the two generals to communicate is by sending messengers through the valley. Unfortunately, the valley is occupied by the city's defenders and there's a chance that any given messenger sent through the valley will be ...
The head of a valley may take widely differing forms; [1] for example, in highland regions the valley often ends in a broad, evenly sloping hollow. The higher the head of the valley, the more likely it is to resemble the geomorphological shape of a cirque. In glacial valleys or trough valleys, it may be referred to as the trough head or trough ...