Valley vs. Canyon
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.
Canyonnoun
A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
Canyonnoun
The English form of the Spanish word Cañon.
Canyonnoun
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
Canyonnoun
a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America
Canyon
A canyon (from Spanish: cañón; archaic British English spelling: cañon) or gorge is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to cut through underlying surfaces, eventually wearing away rock layers as sediments are removed downstream.
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