Valley

Valley

In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.

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Famous quotes containing the word valley:

    “Down in the valley,
    Valley so low,
    Hang your head over,
    Hear the train blow.”
    —Unknown. Down in the Valley (l. 1–4)

    “I see before me now a traveling army halting,
    Below a fertile valley spread, with barns and the orchards of summer,
    Behind, the terraced sides of a mountain, abrupt, in places rising high,”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “All the Valley quivered one extended motion, wind
    undulating on mossy hills”
    —Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)