VALLEYS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

valleys

noun

plural of valley

as in ravines

an area of lowland between hills or mountains the valley will be the first to flood if the river rises

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Recent Examples of valleys The National Weather Service said the severe weather affects a wide region stretching from the Ozark Mountains in southern Missouri eastward into much of the Ohio and Tennessee river valleys. — Hallie Golden, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 Hikers pass Incan ruins, wide sweeping valleys and vibrant cloud forest before climbing to the route’s high point at Dead Woman’s Pass. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026 The Inca Trail in Peru The classic five-day Inca Trail winds past ruins, wide valleys and vibrant cloud forest before climbing to Dead Woman’s Pass, its highest point. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 In addition to 40,000-sq-ft (3,716-sq-m) of exhibition space, there's a 300-seat auditorium, and a spacious covered porch overlooking the valleys beyond. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 July 2026 The roads wind through mountains and valleys, cross historic stone bridges, and pass through forests and alongside peaceful ponds, offering a quieter way to experience the park. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026 More than 160 years earlier, Galileo's telescopic observations had revealed mountains, valleys, and craters on the lunar surface, overturning the ancient notion that heavenly bodies were perfect spheres. — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 2 July 2026 In areas with valleys or basins, cooler and denser air drains downhill and pools in low spots overnight, a process known as cold-air pooling. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Between the gold-medal trout streams winding through the valleys and the canyons beckoning whitewater boaters, the rivers of Colorado contribute $19 billion per year through recreation alone. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026

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Noun

The gardens were developed in the 1930s on a site featuring natural ravines, now crossed by suspension bridges and laced with trails.

— Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
The face of the moon never looks the same from one night to the next, as the shifting angle between the moon and sun causes sunlight to sweep across its surface, altering the shadows cast by craters, mountain ranges and ravines.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 23 May 2026

Definition of ravines

Noun

Known for its famous slot canyons, Zion is ideal for hiking and canyoneering—though that doesn’t mean the less athletic traveler will come up short on things to do.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
From the layer-cake buttes of Badlands National Park to the winding canyons of the Black Hills, this part of South Dakota is legendary.

— Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026

Definition of canyons

Noun

Groups of amateur sleuths also cropped up in the hollows of tragedy to wrestle with the case and analyze rumors swarming the Horman family in online forums, echoing a familiar pattern of behavior on the internet in the face of long-unsolved criminal cases.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
The rugged terrain of the Appalachian Mountains creates cool, wet forests, shaded hollows, caves, ponds and streams.

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 18 June 2026

Definition of hollows

Noun

From here the route winds south past the town of Telluride, with its legendary skiing and film, jazz and bluegrass festivals, and out to Mesa Verde National Park, where Puebloan people carved gorgeous cliff dwellings in the buttes and gorges.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
With peaks up to 1,531 metres and cut through by deep gorges, these mountains are wild and spectacular, said Oliver Smith in the Financial Times.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 14 June 2026

Definition of gorges

Noun

Pause for lunch, then drift through fishing villages, beaches and glens that define Donegal’s rugged character.

— David Dickstein, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
The eldest of Scotland’s two national parks, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, is centered around Great Britain’s largest freshwater lake, Loch Lomond, alongside the mountains, forests, and glens of the Trossachs.

— Andrea Bussell, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026

Definition of glens

Noun

Her journey takes her to the soirées of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026
But Mary’s journey takes her far beyond that familiar estate — to the soirées of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026

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