dry valley
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The excavation site at Les Varines on Jersey is located just north of St Helier, at the head of a dry valley that drops towards the sea.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2020
As daylight came, the lonely cluster of buildings on the edge of the great dry valley hummed with nervous tension.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nali, his grandma, rushed out of her mobile home, which sat in the middle of a wide, dry valley, waving her arms in large circles at him.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
So on November 8, 1973, Vishniac, his new microbiology equipment and a geologist companion were transported by helicopter from McMurdo Station to an area near Mount Balder, a dry valley in the Asgard range.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The rough mountain was transformed into a symmetrical city and the dry valley into a lake of sparkling water,--all seeming to be the work of magic in some fairyland of enchantment.
From Arizona Sketches by Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa)
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