river-valley

Gaetano Di Achille and Bryan Hynek, of the University of Colorado, led a team that analysed the distribution of supposed ancient delta deposits and river-valley networks on Mars.

Vast ocean once covered Mars, say scientists 2010

Ea, as I've also mentioned in a previous post, offers a quite sensible decryption of that enigma offered to Moses when he asks for the name of his God, the God of Abraham who came out of the Mesopotamian river-valley, from Ur of the Chaldeas (where Enki was a hero), up through Babylon perhaps (where Enki was known as Ea, where that identity was appropriated by Marduk), up to Haran and down into Canaan.

A Dark And Hidden God Hal Duncan 2006

Ea, as I've also mentioned in a previous post, offers a quite sensible decryption of that enigma offered to Moses when he asks for the name of his God, the God of Abraham who came out of the Mesopotamian river-valley, from Ur of the Chaldeas (where Enki was a hero), up through Babylon perhaps (where Enki was known as Ea, where that identity was appropriated by Marduk), up to Haran and down into Canaan.

Archive 2006-02-01 Hal Duncan 2006

Alone in the Arab world, it has both water and oil -- a developed river-valley civilization and natural-resource wealth.

Invade Iraq, But Bring Friends 2007

Five centuries ago, it covered a half-million square miles of mountain and river-valley terrain along the Brazilian coast.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Five centuries ago, it covered a half-million square miles of mountain and river-valley terrain along the Brazilian coast.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

The old river-valley, shown by the scarp of the rocks, must have presented gigantic features, and the height of the trough-walls, at least a thousand feet, gives the Yellala a certain beauty and grandeur.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

The engineers had to lay it in the very course of the winding river-valley: and to gain its development the line had to cross and recross the stream continually by a series of bridges, the farthest west and the farthest east of which were hardest to replace.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

This tension between Islamic dynamism and the older forces of the river-valley societies continued through medieval into modern times.

Islamic Revolution Lewis, Bernard 1988

A green ride lay almost unseen through the thickets on the right; and this they followed as it wound away back up the wooded slopes on to the top of a shoulder of the hills that stood out into the lower land of the river-valley.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965