What is the difference between valley and canyon?
valley | canyon |
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.
A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
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Canyon is a synonym of valley.
As nouns the difference between valley and canyon
is that valley is an elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it while canyon is a valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.As a proper noun Valley
is the San Fernando Valley in southern California.valley
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(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 .}}
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* uncanny valley * closed-cut valley * open valley * valley board * valley piece * valley rafterSee also
* dale * dell * valecanyon
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*Noun
(en noun)- Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.