dry valley

noun

A valley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone.

Meanings

dry valley1

noundry valley (plural dry valleys)

plural dry valleys

  1. geographyA valley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone.

Dry Valley2

Translations

Finnish kuiva uoma
  • kuiva uomavalley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone
German Trockental
  • Trockentalvalley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone
Hindi सूखी घाटी
  • सूखी घाटी (sūkhī ghāṭī)valley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone
Hungarian szárazvölgy, aszó
  • szárazvölgyvalley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone
  • aszóvalley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone
  • horhosvalley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone
Polish dolina sucha
  • dolina suchavalley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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