单词 | dry valley |
释义 | > as lemmasdry valley dry valley n. a valley in which the original stream or river has disappeared. ΚΠ 1898 J. Geikie Earth Sculpture xiii. 217 Not less characteristic features of the karst-lands are the so-called blind-valleys and dry-valleys. Through the former a river flows to disappear into a tunnel at the closed or blind end. 1927 C. C. Fagg in Proc. & Trans. Croydon Nat. Hist. Soc. 9 94 The development of the dry valleys of the Chalk belongs to the more recent phases of the Denudation of the Weald. 1927 C. C. Fagg in Proc. & Trans. Croydon Nat. Hist. Soc. 9 96 (caption) The Dry Valley Systems. 1961 L. D. Stamp Gloss. Geogr. Terms 166/1 The origin of the dry valleys of the Chalk. < as lemmas |
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