the valley will be the first to flood if the river rises
Recent Examples on the WebTucked into a valley on the southeast edge of the Ouachita range, Hot Springs National Park has been popular since the 1830s when the first bathhouses appeared. Joe Yogerst, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022 The e-bike rolls into an uncanny valley, the chasm between a bicycle under my human power and a motorbike piloted directly by a throttle. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2022 On a dazzling Sunday morning, this small town tucked into a glacial valley begins to stir. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2022 The moraine acts as a dam, stopping the water from spilling into the valley below. Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 The long tongue that once reached deep into the valley below has shrunk back by nearly 3 kilometers (2 miles), while the depth of the snow and ice pack has thinned by up to 200 meters (656 feet). Reuters, NBC News, 26 July 2022 Especially hot will be the Columbia River Basin, where hot air pouring into the valley will experience even greater downsloping. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 25 July 2022 State Route 211 traverses rolling desert shrubland in Southeast Utah, passing rust and buff-colored sandstone domes and the foothills of the Abajo Mountains before winding down into the Indian Creek valley.The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2022 Just beyond it, the ground drops down into a deep valley with a burbling stream that can be heard from the tower's terrace. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 15 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English valeye, borrowed from Anglo-French valee (early Old French valede), from val "valley" + -ee, noun suffix (here with augmentative force), going back to Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus-ate entry 1 — more at vale