dry valley
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdryandvalley
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dry
adjective
uk/draɪ/us/draɪ/
used to describe something that has no water or other liquid in, on, or ...
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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 ofdryandvalleyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On the other hand, in thedryvalleylakes there is already a well-studied biota that consists of abundant microorganisms living underneath their iced surface.
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Thus, endogenic sulphur and other chemical elements will be, at any time, found on the icy surface of thedryvalleylakes.
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The river then found a route underground leaving adryvalleywith caverns underneath.
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In 1710, thisdryvalleywas covered with scrub oak in sparse thickets.
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About 250 m downstream thedryvalleyappears on the left bank.
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There is a very tight entrance to this cave through a sinkhole in what is known as adryvalley, but this eventually expands into a wider cave.
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It is likely that the valley was formed under conditions akin to those required to form adryvalley.
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Adryvalleyin the chalk, it is surrounded by farmland at its sides and landward end, with cliffs at the seaward end.
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It is generally installed in the thalweg, the deepest continuous line along a valley or watercourse, of a cultivateddryvalleyin order to control erosion.
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The peaks of the two hills encompassed by the new, larger hill fort were separated by adryvalley.
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Four rivers cross the axis of the ridge, along with four additional dry valleys.
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White hexagons show the locations of dry valleys.
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The region is of high value as a reference area against which to measure changes in comparable ecosystems of other dry valleys, which have undergone a variety of scientific investigations.
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There are a number of areas of complete fascination like the dry valleys where there is no snow at all in the summer and little lakes that are frozen.
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The territory of the commune is crossed by two dry valleys.
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It is on a hill (a plateau area), and its margins are dissected by dry valleys.
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A number of dry valleys converge from the north.
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It is one the few dry valleys in the world to contain rock glaciers.
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They presently appear as dry valleys, lakes, seabed depressions, and as areas filled with sediment.
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