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valley

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈvæl.i/

Definition

B1 an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it: the Nile Valley the Thames valley There was snow on the hill tops but not in the valley.Valleys
(Definition of valley noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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