buried valley

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• buried valley —    An ancient valley buried by recent, often glacial deposits [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• buried valley — noun : a depression in an ancient land surface now concealed by younger deposits …   Useful english dictionary

• Valley of the Temples, Hawaii — Valley of the Temples is a memorial park located on the Windward (eastern) side of the Hawaiian island of Ookinaahu. It is a vast area of lush, rolling green hills at the foot of the Kookinaolau mountains, overlooking the sleepy town of… …   Wikipedia

• Valley of the Kings — The Valley of the Kings (Arabic: وادي الملوك Wadi Biban el Muluk ; Gates of the King ) [Reeves and Wilkinson (1996), p.6] is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th century BC, tombs were constructed for… …   Wikipedia

• Valley of the Kings (Tibet) — Riwo Dechen monastery, Qonggyai, near the Valley of Kings The Valley of the Kings or Chongye Valley branches off the Yarlung Valley to the southwest and contains a series of graveyard tumuli, approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) south of… …   Wikipedia

• Valley of the Queens — The Valley of the Queens, also known as Biban el Harim ( ar. بيبان الحريم), Biban el Sultanat ( ar. بيبان السلطانات), and Wadi el Melikat ( ar. وادي الملكات), is a place in Egypt where wives of Pharaohs were buried in ancient times. In ancient… …   Wikipedia

• Valley Stream, New York — Infobox Settlement official name = Village of Valley Stream, New York nickname = On the Trail of the Rising Sun settlement type = Village imagesize = image caption = image pushpin pushpin label position = none pushpin map caption =Location within …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Valley of Geysers — The Valley of Geysers Inf …   Wikipedia

• Valley Cemetery — Infobox nrhp name = Valley Cemetery nrhp type = caption = location =Pine and Auburn Sts Manchester, New Hampshire nearest city = lat degrees = 42 lat minutes = 58 lat seconds = 59.56 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 27 long… …   Wikipedia

• Valley of the Kings —    Known in Arabic as Biban el Moluk. A secluded desert area in the cliffs on the west bank of the Nile opposite Thebes consisting of two valleys chosen as the burial place for the kings of Dynasty 18, Dynasty 19, and Dynasty 20. There are 62… …   Ancient Egypt