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Mesa vs Valley - What's the difference?

mesa | valley |

As nouns the difference between mesa and valley

is that mesa is flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges while valley is an elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

As proper nouns the difference between mesa and valley

is that mesa is a city in Arizona while Valley is the San Fernando Valley in southern California.

mesa

English

(wikipedia mesa)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges
  • A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the .
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  • Anagrams

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    valley

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
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  • The area which drains into a river.
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * uncanny valley * closed-cut valley * open valley * valley board * valley piece * valley rafter

    See also

    * dale * dell * vale