Definitions
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
Word origin
From Middle English valeye, valey, from Anglo-Norman valey, Old French valee (compare French vallée), from Latin vallēs/vallis. Doublet of vlei and vly. Displaced native dene, from dene and partially displaced native dale, from dæl.
Used in a sentence
“The Indus River valley was the site of an ancient civilization.”
“The El Dorado-Searchlight area is geologically a north-south trending orogenous zone, paralleled on the east by the valley of the Colorado, and by an alluvial valley on the west.”
“These hues of red rose and green and pale green, ruffled and pouted in the billowy white of the dress ballooning and valleying softly, like a yacht before the sail bends low; […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Low area among hills”6 letters
02“Low area below hills”6 letters
03“Low area between mountains”6 letters
04“Low area between slopes”6 letters
05“Low land between hills”6 letters
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