longitudinal valley

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• longitudinal valley — noun : a valley parallel to adjacent folds or mountain ridges : strike valley …   Useful english dictionary

• valley — valleylike, adj. /val ee/, n., pl. valleys. 1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream. 2. an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system …   Universalium

• Chilean Central Valley — This article is about the valley between the Chilean Coast Range and the Andes. For the wine district, see Central Valley (wine region). The traditional Central Valley Marked with Red, the geological continental Central Valley includes the area… …   Wikipedia

• Huatung Valley — or Hualien Taitung Valley (Traditional Chinese: 花東縱谷), also known as the Longitudinal Valley, is a long and narrow valley located at the between Chungyang Range and Haian Range. It is also recognized as a plain area which stretches for about 180… …   Wikipedia

• strike valley — noun : a valley parallel to the strike of the underlying rocks of a region called also longitudinal valley …   Useful english dictionary

• Central Valley — the chief wine producing region of California, centered in San Joaquin County. * * * I Valley, California, U.S. Located between the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Ranges, it is more than 400 mi (640 km) long and 20–50 mi (32–80 km) wide. The… …   Universalium

• Side valley — The terms side valley and tributary valley refer to valleys whose brook or river is confluent to a greater one.Upstream, the valleys can be classified in an increasing order which is equivalent to the usual orographic order: the tributaries are… …   Wikipedia

• Great Appalachian Valley — ▪ region, North America also called  Great Valley Region,         longitudinal chain of valley lowlands of the Appalachian mountain system of North America. Extending from Canada on the northeast to Alabama, U.S., on the southwest, it includes… …   Universalium

• Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Geology of Taiwan — Taiwan is active geologically, showing plate boundary tectonics. The island formed at the junction of the Luzon Volcanic Arc (吕宋岛火山弧) and the Ryukyu Volcanic Arc (琉球火山弧). Subduction changes direction at Taiwan. South of the island, the Philippine …   Wikipedia

• Patagonia — For other uses, see Patagonia (disambiguation). Official map of cartographer of the King of Spain, Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, 1775. Patagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the A …   Wikipedia