单词 | pocket valley |
释义 | > as lemmaspocket valley pocket valley n. chiefly Physical Geography a steep-sided, usually flat-floored valley at the head of which a stream emerges at the foot of a steep slope. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > other types brem valayc1400 glack1535 grain1542 by-slade1635 by-vale1686 water gap1756 hanging valley1900 through valley1901 palm bottom1902 wadi1902 pocket valley1904 1904 S. E. White Mountains xxi. 274 We found ourselves in a pocket valley entirely surrounded by mountain ranges. 1942 O. D. von Engeln Geomorphol. xxii. 569 Pocket valleys, with vertical head and side walls and a nearly flat floor, are..opened up. 1980 R. Rhodes Last Safari ii. viii. 141 His people had eked out a living in pocket valleys high in the mountains. < as lemmas |
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