narrow valley

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrowandvalley

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narrow
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.əʊ/us
/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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valley
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvæl.i/us
/ˈvæl.i/
an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river running ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandvalleyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is there no issue to the dark andnarrowvalleywhich our anxious youth traverse?
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Four cisterns are dispersed in a deeply incised and steepnarrowvalley, and two huts appear to be related to former agricultural exploitation.
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However, this means that the contemporary visitor has to stand in thenarrowvalley, looking up at the old inscriptions overhead.
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A school stands in a verynarrowvalleyunderneath the tip, which is still being operated.
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But in thisnarrowvalleythere is a continuous fight for space.
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I do not mean a real field, but anarrowvalley.
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There is anarrowvalleyand much development and there are conflicting pressures.
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I am afraid that is going to be the only way in which we can provide full employment for the people in thatnarrowvalley.
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In a bad week that figure would be increased by intermittent unemployment to at least 25,000 men unemployed in that confinednarrowvalley.
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This would not intrude physically and visually as much as it does in anarrowvalleywhich contains noise.
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It is anarrowvalley, so narrow that in some parts there is not sufficient room for the river, the railway, and the highroad.
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It is near the bottom of an extremelynarrowvalley, and therefore easily defensible.
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The creek flows through a comparativelynarrowvalleyand has limited irrigation possibilities.
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Below the reservoir it remains fairly rocky but widens into the floor of anarrowvalley.
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The original access was from the north through anarrowvalley.
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It cuts a deep,narrowvalleyand is very crooked.
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Kibber lies in anarrowvalleyon the summit of a limestone rock.
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The stream flows west-southwest for several miles in a fairly shallow andnarrowvalley.
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Tourists have come to thenarrowvalleyfor over a century.
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In its upper course, it has anarrowvalley.
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