Vlei vs Vley - What's the difference?
vlei | vley |
(label) A shallow wetlands or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetlands appears seasonally.
* 1861 , (Charles John Andersson), Lake Ngami , , page 301
* 2010 , Jeremiah Allen, Namibia (Other Places Travel Guide), page 199
As nouns the difference between vlei and vley
is that vlei is (label) a shallow wetlands or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetlands appears seasonally or vlei can be (label) a wetland or marsh while vley is .vlei
English
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* (l) * (l)Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)- The country thereabout was a succession of vleys or gulleys, then filled with excellent clear water, teeming with water-fowl.
- Although rare, it takes an unearthly amount of rain to fill the Tsauchab River and penetrate the dune area, bringing water into the vlei'. During these rare times, the ' vlei takes on a life of its own, much different than in the absence of water