Gully vs. Valley

Gullynoun

A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

Gullynoun

A small valley.

Gullynoun

(UK) A drop kerb.

Gullynoun

A road drain.

Gullynoun

(cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position

Gullynoun

(UK) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.

Gullynoun

A large knife.

Gullyverb

(obsolete) To flow noisily.

Gullyverb

(transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.

Gullynoun

A large knife.

Gullynoun

A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

Gullynoun

A grooved iron rail or tram plate.

Gullyverb

To wear into a gully or into gullies.

Gullyverb

To flow noisily.

Gullynoun

deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

Gullynoun

a ravine formed by the action of water.

Gullynoun

a river valley.

Gullynoun

a deep artificial channel serving as a gutter or drain.

Gullynoun

a fielding position on the off side between point and the slips

Gullynoun

a fielder at gully.

Gullynoun

an alley.

Gullyverb

(of water) make gullies or deep channels in (land)

Gully

A gully is a landform created by running water, eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodable material, typically on a hillside. Gullies resemble large ditches or small valleys, but are metres to tens of metres in depth and width.

Valleynoun

An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

Valleynoun

The area which drains into a river.

Valleynoun

Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.

Valleynoun

The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

Valleynoun

The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.

Valleynoun

The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reëntrant angle.

Valleynoun

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

Valleynoun

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

Valleynoun

an internal angle formed by the intersecting planes of a roof, or by the slope of a roof and a wall.

Valley

A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period of time.