Foothill vs Valley - What's the difference?
foothill | valley |
A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
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Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
As nouns the difference between foothill and valley
is that foothill is a hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range while valley is an elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.As a proper noun Valley is
the San Fernando Valley in southern California.foothill
English
(Foothills)Noun
(en noun)Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- The summit of the climb came 38km from the end of stage 14, which began in Limoux and ended in Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and the incident occurred as the peloton emerged into the light and passed under the banner at the top, a quarter of an hour behind a five-man breakaway.
valley
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Noun
(en noun)John Vidal
Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas, passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys .}}