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dry valley
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dry valley [¦drī ′val·ē]
(geology)
A valley, usually in a chalk or karst type of topography, that has no permanent water course along the valley floor.


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Sahara is also made up of sand seas (also called erg), stone plateaus (also called hamada), area of gravel plains (also called reg), salt flats (also called shatt), and dry valleys (also called wadi).
Mars' closest correllary on Earth is the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, Smith said.
For Head, the clincher was his first foray, a decade ago, to study the dry valleys of Antarctica.
 
 
 
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