Talk:Valley

message: hi im doing a project on glaciers and valleys at school, and we've got to find out what a hanging valley is, i wonder if you could be any help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.111.72.140 (talk) 17:53, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project 

message: The entry on valley floor cuts in with a discussion of villages part way through without any context. I'm not sure how to fix this other than a delete. KalevTait (talk) 18:18, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Valley Floor 

message: The page has several references to valley 'shoulders', but the meaning of the phrase is not clear. 4.246.247.13 (talk) 02:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shoulders 

message: From the Vale section: "where the chalk dome has been eroded, exposing less resistant underlying rock, usually clay."  This statement is incorrect, as clay is a soil, not a rock.  Also, the section as a whole also seems to imply that vales only occur in chalk formations.  I'm not a geography or geology expert, but I'm not sure if that is true.  Either way, there are no references in the section.
I can take a stab at rewriting this section of the article, but not at this moment.  If anyone else is going to start, leave me a note here, otherwise I will put it on my list of things to do and get to it in the future.  --JonGDixon (talk) 17:18, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: In Geological terms, any material that forms part The Earth's crust is described as "rock"; irrespective of its hardness, texture, or common usage:   The Observers Book of British Geology - 1951 edition . This is a rare example of a 'technical' term being wider in meaning than the common usage: usually technical terms are more precise than normal definitions.   Ben of Chichester  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.211.106 (talk • contribs) 11:37, 16 June 2015 (UTC)

text: Changed to claystone. Vsmith (talk) 13:11, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clay as a rock? 

message: Is it necessary to have that long of a list of valleys in the article? That seems like it should be on its own page, rather than crowding out valuable article space.
Devinthepeng (talk) 20:19, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of valleys 

message: The bullet point which reads "Some Scottish glens full with bushes and flowers." is inadequate and requires revising. It is proposed that the revision retains the reference to glens in Scotland (ref required) and refers to the through-glens common in Wester Ross (ref required) and elsewhere in the Scottish Highlands which formed underneath an ice-dome but do not show sharp basin-ends, rather they run into each other at their upper ends, providing convenient routes for transport.Curamach (talk) 19:00, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples of valleys 

message: The list given requires revising.
Vale: A valley through which a river runs. Revise: A broad river valley.
Dell: A small, secluded and often wooded valley.
Glen: A long valley bounded by gently sloped concave sides. Revise: Originally a large valley in Scotland, often used as a term for any valley.
Strath: A wide, flat valley through which a river runs. Revise: Originally a wide valley in Scotland, interchangeable with glen.
Mountain cove: A small valley, closed at one or both ends, in the central or southern Appalachian Mountains which sometimes results from the erosion of a geologic window.
Hollow: A term used sometimes for a small valley surrounded by mountains or ridges.
cwm (also spelled combe or coombe): A deep, narrow valley. Revise: Originally a Welsh mountain hollow which was the source of a (now absent) glacier. The same sort of feature is known as a coombe in England and corrie in Scotland.
A steephead valley is a deep, narrow, flat bottomed valley with an abrupt ending.
Erosional valley: A valley formed by erosion.
Structural valley: A valley formed by geologic events such as drop faults or the rise of highlands.[2]
Dry valley: A valley not created by sustained surface water flow. Revise: A valley not containing sustained surface water flow.
Curamach (talk) 19:08, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Types of valleys 

message: For such a significant topic, this article leaves a lot to be desired. Referencing existing material would be a start, as has indeed already been noted; it would likely entail removal of various pieces which, as written, offer little useful information to the reader. It's a broad subject and there are many regional variations in the use of terms for example; it will be a challenge to attain a truly global perspective. I may have a go at some of it. cheers Geopersona (talk) 07:36, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The 'Notable examples' section has become too long and unwieldy -  I think it would better if the reader were simply given a link to various lists pages, so far as they exist. Some of the geuninely notable examples will still appear within the body of this article as examples of one type of valley or another. Geopersona (talk) 11:33, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article still in need of much attention