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A valley in its
broadest geographic sense is also known as a dale. A valley through which a river runs may also be referred
to as a vale. A small, secluded,
and often wooded valley is known as a dell
or in Scotland as a glen. A
wide, flat valley through which a river runs is known in Scotland as a strath. A mountain cove is a small valley, closed at one
or both ends, in the central or southern Appalachian Mountains. Source
Sun Valley is
a resort city in the western United States, in Blaine County in central Idaho,
adjacent to the city of Ketchum and within the greater Wood River valley. The
population was 1,406 at the 2010 census, down from 1,427 in 2000. The elevation of Sun Valley is 5,920 feet above sea level. The area is
served by Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey, approximately 15 miles south. Source
Death Valley is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it is the lowest and driest area in North America. Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet below sea level. This point is 84.6 miles east-southeast of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet. Death Valley's Furnace Creek holds the record for the highest reliably reported air temperature in the world, 134 °F on July 10, 1913. Located near the border of California and Nevada, in the Great Basin, east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Death Valley constitutes much of Death Valley National Park and is the principal feature of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve. It is located mostly in Inyo County, California. It runs from north to south between the Amargosa Range on the east and the Panamint Range on the west; the Sylvania Mountains and the Owlshead Mountains form its northern and southern boundaries, respectively. Source
