dry valley
Streamless erosion channel
A dry valley is a valley that lacks a permanent stream or river, typically in regions where water once flowed but no longer does.
In limestone terrain, streams may have disappeared underground through permeable rock.
In polar regions like Antarctica, dry valleys result from extremely low precipitation and high evaporation rates.
The ancient dry valley showed clear signs of water erosion from millennia ago.
Extremely dry or thirsty
- barrenUnable to produce
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
- waterlessWithout any liquid
- rainlessLacking precipitation
dusty · sunbaked · drought · aridity · dehydrated · sere · anhydrous · ephemeral stream
Slow-moving ice mass
- moraineGlacier-deposited debris pile
- fluvialRelating to rivers
- karstEroded soluble rock terrain
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
dolomite · bedrock · sediment · weathering · erosion · abrasion · scree · talus
Deep river-cut gorge
- ravineDeep, narrow valley
- gorgeDeep, narrow valley
- gulchSteep narrow ravine
- wadiIntermittent desert watercourse
arroyo · coulee · chasm · basin · trough · depression · hollow · gully
Unable to produce
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- inhospitableUnwelcoming, harsh to visitors
- remoteDistant or controller
- isolatedSeparated from others
stark · sparse · uninhabited · lifeless · empty · forbidding · windswept · extreme
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
- barrenUnable to produce
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
- waterlessWithout any liquid
rainless · dusty · sunbaked · drought · aridity · dehydrated · sere · anhydrous · ephemeral stream · playa
glacier
Slow-moving ice mass
limestone · dolomite · bedrock · sediment · weathering · erosion · abrasion · scree · talus · alluvial fan
canyon
Deep river-cut gorge
wadi · arroyo · coulee · chasm · basin · trough · depression · hollow · gully · notch
barren
Unable to produce
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- inhospitableUnwelcoming, harsh to visitors
- remoteDistant or controller
isolated · stark · sparse · uninhabited · lifeless · empty · forbidding · windswept · extreme · harsh
- Extreme Terrainabyss, arctic, Antarctic, Antarctica, deep sea
- Chalk Downsescarpment, scarp, wold, thin soil, flint
- AntarcticaSouth Pole, Amundsen, Scott, penguins, ice sheet
- permafrostpermafrost thaw, frozen ground, frozen soil, frost heave, patterned ground
- desertsSahara, Gobi, Mojave, Namib, Kalahari
- drylands
dry valleyriver valley
Erosion-formed watercourse lowland
river basin · river gorge · river canyon · watercourse · river channel
dry, valley, dryly, dryness, dryer, drier, driest, dried, drying