Meanings
- the valley of the Prahova River
The Prahova Valley (Valea Prahovei) follows the Prahova River between the Bucegi and Baiului mountains, part of the Carpathians, about 100km north of Bucharest.
2008, Lucy Mallows, Transylvania, Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 1362 more examples
The wide span of the Prahova Valley when emerging from the mountain zone, together with the terraced Subcarpathian slopes, are basically involved in the orientation and type of slope dynamics shaped by slope, fragmentation and exposure conditions.
2013, Claudio Margottini, Paolo Canuti, Kyoji Sassa, Landslide Science and Practice: Volume 3: Spatial Analysis and Modelling, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 384Nevertheless, they are often in critical situations along the main development axes and in urban centres - for instance, in Bucharest and other large cities, on Prahova Valley, Mures Valley etc.
2014, Alexandru Calcatinge, Critical Spaces: Contemporary Perspectives in Urban, Spatial and Landscape Studies, LIT Verlag Münster, →ISBN, page 275
Translations
Romanian Valea Prahovei
- Valea PrahoveiTranslations
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Prahova Valley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Prahova%20Valley
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