Definition of "valley" []

• An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom. (noun)
• An extensive area of land drained or irrigated by a river system. (noun)
• A depression or hollow resembling or suggesting a valley, as the point at which the two slopes of a roof meet. (noun)

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• "As mentioned then, opposite Banz on the other side of the Main valley is the famous Shrine of the Fourteen Holy Helpers - Vierzehnheiligen - which we visit today."
• "But the term valley would convey an erroneous idea, since the space between these two dominant ranges is filled with numerous cross chains, making the mountain character predominant, while the valleys are exceptional."
• "Similarly, a valley is a pretty sophisticated thing, but not as sophisticated as the laws of geology that are able to form it, or the physics that permits the geology, and so on."