dry valley

See also: Dry Valley

English

Noun

dry valley (plural dry valleys)

1. (geology) A valley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone.

Translations

valley formed by water erosion, but without a permanent surface watercourse, often found in areas of permeable rock such as chalk or limestone

• Finnish: kuiva uoma
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Trockental n
• Hungarian: szárazvölgy, aszó (hu), horhos (hu)
• Macedonian: суводолица f (suvodolica), суводолина f (suvodolina), суводол m (suvodol)
• Polish: dolina sucha f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

References

• “dry valley”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.