a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.

The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.

The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.

Low land between hills or mountains.

A vale or low land between hills or mountains: a low, extended plain, usually watered by a river:- pl. VALLEYS.

Low ground. esp. between hills; lowland.

A depression between hills.

A hollow or low tract of land between hills or mountains; a low extended plain washed by a river; the gutter or internal angle formed by two inclined sides of a roof.

A tract of low- lying land bounded by hills or mountain- ranges; in arch., the gutter or internal angle formed by the two inclined sides of a roof.

She rose and stood silent a moment, looking down the valley. – Roderick Hudson by Henry James

" The night is dark," said Kaschita, " and the road to the valley is dangerous." – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

The church and valley were the same, but seemed to have lost their charm since I last saw them with my mother. – Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare

" You see," said the doctor, " there is even more to do over here than in Happy Valley." – In Happy Valley by John Fox

In going up this valley for the first two or three miles we are going directly towards the Jungfrau." – Rollo in Switzerland by Jacob Abbott

They were now at some height above the valley, and the prospect was magnificent. – For the Sake of the School by Angela Brazil

From there it was not a long ride to the valley in which the dance was to be held. – The Boy Scouts On The Range by Lieut. Howard Payson

Louie found the right valley. – Eight Keys to Eden by Mark Irvin Clifton

Then there's the Khula Klaht valley. – On With Torchy by Sewell Ford

Then as they looked down into the valley on the other side, they suddenly discovered the fires in the Shawnee village. – Spotted Deer by Elmer Gregor

She stood where Jeff had stood before the open window and looked across the valley. – The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Ethel M. Dell

When we met you, Kaydessa and I, it was outside that valley. – The Defiant Agents by Andre Alice Norton

This pretty valley with its homes and church and chapel is a doomed valley. – Vanishing England by P. H. Ditchfield

This valley was inhabitated by other than the whites in days gone by. – See America First by Orville O. Hiestand

But it is a great way from that one to that other, and a great deep valley between them. – The-Travels-of-Sir-John-Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

What is the news from your valley? – A Lieutenant at Eighteen by Oliver Optic

We have set up a new home on the other side of the Edam Valley, and in some ways it is nicer. – Sweethearts at Home by S. R. Crockett

Big game was moving down to the valley. – The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut

Have you no wish to leave your valley for a little while and see the world? – The Garden of Eden by Max Brand

But do you not suppose the soldiers around Valley Forge cut down the woods as well? – A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas