- trough valley
- (not preferred)refer to U-shaped valley.
Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
trough valley
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valley — [val′ē] n. pl. valleys [ME valey < OFr valee < val < L vallis, vale < IE base * wel , to turn, roll > WALK, WELL1] 1. a stretch of low land lying between hills or mountains and usually having a river or stream flowing through it 2 … English World dictionary
valley — [n] hollow in the land basin, bottom, canyon, channel, coulee, dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, gorge, lowland, notch, plain, swale, trough, vale; concepts 509,513 … New thesaurus
Trough Creek State Park — Geobox Protected Area name = Trough Creek State Park native name = other name = other name1 = category local = Pennsylvania State Park category iucn = III image caption = etymology type = Named for etymology = Great Trough Creek country = United… … Wikipedia
Trough (meteorology) — A trough is an elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with fronts. Unlike fronts, there is not a universal symbol for a trough on a weather chart. In the United States, a trough may be marked as a dashed line.… … Wikipedia
trough — [ geomorphology ] a) Any long, narrow depression in the earth s surface, such as one between hills or with no surface outlet for drainage. b) (not preferred see U shaped valley, mountain valley) A broad, elongate U shaped valley, such… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
valley — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vale, river land, dale, dell, glen, canyon, hollow. See concavity, lowness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vale, glen, canyon, swale, depression, hollow, trough, notch, channel, lowland, river valley, stream … English dictionary for students
trough — Synonyms and related words: adit, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, alveolation, alveolus, amplitude, antinode, antrum, aqueduct, armpit, basin, billow, bore, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, bowl, breakers, bump, burrow, canal … Moby Thesaurus
valley — noun the homes in the valley are subject to mudslides Syn: dale, vale; hollow, basin, gully, gorge, ravine, coulee, trough, canyon, rift; glen; literary dell … Thesaurus of popular words
valley glacier — a glacier which extends from a larger body of ice, often in a corrie, and moves downslope, initially following existing river channels but increasingly cutting its own bigger, straighter trough … Geography glossary
valley — Synonyms and related words: abysm, abyss, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cirque, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, comb, combe, corrie, coulee, couloir, crack,… … Moby Thesaurus
