nounplural noun valleys

• 1A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.

  in place names ‘the Thames Valley’

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  • ‘the valley floor’
  • ‘It has such beautiful farmland, mountains, valleys, and rivers that one-fifth of the country is designated as national parkland.’
  • ‘Mountains, valleys, and rivers provide memorable scenery for tourists.’
  • ‘The steep hills and valleys also offer superb rivers for white-water rafting.’
  • ‘It is a land of mountains, moorland and hill pasture, with steep river valleys and cliffs.’
  • ‘The coastal plain is low and broad, with areas of sand between the marshy river valleys.’
  • ‘We did a broad round route this afternoon up all the surrounding hills crossing the valley floor a couple of times.’
  • ‘Have you ever admired those pictures of trampers walking through beautiful forest, or standing on a mountain top gazing over valleys or glaciers, and wished it were you?’
  • ‘Between these towns, farmers who had been recruited by seigneurial landowners filled the fertile river valley lands.’
  • ‘But areas of high rainfall and narrow river valleys are also ideal for hydro-electric power generation.’
  • ‘They have rooms at the Crescent, overlooking a river valley.’
  • ‘The cool breeze that wafts across the lush green valley is as smooth as silk.’
  • ‘The topography is stunning, all steep-sided wooded valleys and strategically planted game crops.’
  • ‘Through the trees I could see the far side of a narrow wooded valley.’
  • ‘His direction took him up a hill beside a steep, narrow, wooded valley.’
  • ‘They met on a grassy hill overlooking a valley on one side and an ocean on the other.’
  • ‘They saw the lights revolving and knew they were flying in a deep valley surrounded by mountains.’
  • ‘They were in a deep valley completely surrounded by mountains.’
  • ‘The country's only airport occupies a significant portion of the level valley bottom.’
  • ‘Viticulture is most extensive in the Rhine and Mosel valleys in west Germany and is an important export industry.’
  • ‘Did I realise that the little valleys of that region are so verdant because it rains every day?’

  Synonyms

  dale, vale

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• 2Architecture
  An internal angle formed by the intersecting planes of a roof, or by the slope of a roof and a wall.

  ‘Check flashings at valleys, chimneys, dormers, vent pipes, and other roofing protrusions.’

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  • ‘Roof outlets, valleys, gutters and overflows need to be inspected and cleaned twice each year, once in the autumn and once in the spring.’
  • ‘One of the valleys in the church roof needs repairs immediately.’
  • ‘The second task in the restoration project is the re-leading of the roof valleys, also to prevent dampness.’
  • ‘As to the roof and the use of closed valleys, this is contrary to good building practice.’