Sentence examples for great valleys from inspiring English sources
Agassiz noticed the marks that glaciers left on the Earth: great valleys; large glacial erratic boulders carried long distances; scratches and smoothing of rocks; mounds of debris called moraines pushed up by glacial advances.
TO DRIVE the 370km (230 miles) of the fast, smooth and nearly empty Autopista del Sol, the highway of the sun, between Mexico city and Acapulco, requires some $45 in tolls a princely sum, reflecting the cost of its twists and turns, its deep mountain cuts and the elegant, sparkling bridges that leap over great valleys.
In Bath, stay at Bloomfield House (01225 420105; ecobloomfield.com Journey time: One week The Cairngorms are high, sprawling, dome-shaped mountains with bare summits and sweeping views and great valleys that cut through the plateau to reveal cliffs and slopes and lochs of remarkable beauty.
In fact, California's two great valleys, the Sacramento and San Joaquin, were once underwater.
If only the world knew how these magnificent people live in these great valleys of Nuristan, without roads, schools, hospitals, electricity, or any of the basic necessities of life.
Great Appalachian Valley, also called Great Valley Region, longitudinal chain of valley lowlands of the Appalachian mountain system of North America.
The Senate has passed a resolution that requires Great Valley and the others to remain open.
Soon, Brace and Great Valley, like Auburn, will no longer have teenagers staying there.
Glen Mor, ( Gaelic: "Great Valley") also called Glen Albyn or Great Glen, valley in the Highland council area of north-central Scotland, extending about 60 miles (97 km) from the Moray Firth at Inverness to Loch Linnhe at Fort William.
"The Central Valley was always 'the other California,' isolated and distinct," said Carol Whiteside, president of the Great Valley Center, a public-policy organization in Modesto.
Great valley glaciers radiate from those mountain masses, except in the relatively low eastern sectors, where the few glaciers are small.
