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where rivers carve and civilizations cluster, proving the lowest ground often holds the most life
means A low stretch of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream running through it.
from From Old French 'valee,' descended from Latin 'vallis,' meaning a valley or vale. The same Latin root gives us 'vale' (the poetic cousin) and lurks in 'avalanche' and place-names ending in '-vail.' The deeper origins of 'vallis' are murky, but it has named the dips in the earth for as long as Latin has been spoken.
- river-carved
- Most valleys are slowly cut by flowing water
- first cities
- Civilization began in river valleys like Mesopotamia
- deepest one
- Yarlung Tsangpo Canyon plunges over 5,000 meters
- silicon namesake
- Tech's capital borrows the word for branding
- valley fever
- A real fungal lung disease named after them
death valley — hottest place on earth, 134°f (56.7°c) recorded in 1913
silicon valley — san francisco bay area, home to apple, google, meta headquarters
rift valley — east africa, 4,000 mile geological depression from syria to mozambique
yosemite valley — california, glacier-carved granite cliffs including el capitan and half dome