Valley
| This article concerns itself with the geographical term valley, further meanings under Valley (term clarifying). |
Valley is a geomorphologic phenomenon.
Flowing Waesser creates in connection with certain tectonic processes (like upbulging the earth's surface and/or. Gebirgsbildung) determined valley profiles. Factors are z.B. Strength of the erosion and/or. Relief energy, kind of rock and storage conditions of the rocks. In addition, valleys can result from other conditions. One differentiates between z.B. between Clammy ones, Canon, notching valley (v-valley), hollow valley and the box or sole valley.
With respect to high mountains with earlier larger glacier expansion one differentiates the u-valley and the v-valley. The u-valley, also Trough valley mentioned, became by one polished, the v-valley (Notching valley) resulted from one Brook, which entrenched itself ever more deeply into the mountains.
The word goes back on those indogermanische Root "dhel -" = bend, concavity, curvature and is with the word Depression related.
The tieftste point and/or the deepest line of a valley becomes as Low designated. In river valleys it becomes by that in an educated manner.
The term Low becomes often also as Synonymously for Tiefpunkte (z.B. the wirtschaflichen situation) uses. Examples: "we have the low reached" or "we to cross the low".
