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Simi Valley

(Encyclopedia) Simi ValleySimi Valleysēˈmē, sĭmˈē [key], city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Highly residential, the city…

Barossa Valley

(Encyclopedia) Barossa ValleyBarossa Valleybərôˈsə [key], region of South Australia, S Australia. A major area of wine production 40 mi (64 km) NE of Adelaide, the valley was named by Colonel William…

Shenandoah valley

(Encyclopedia) Shenandoah valley, part of the Great Valley of the Appalachians, c.150 mi (240 km) long, N Va., located between the Blue Ridge and the Allegheny mts. The valley is divided into two…

Great Valley

(Encyclopedia) Great Valley: see under Appalachian Mountains.

Golden Valley

(Encyclopedia) Golden Valley. <1> City (2020 pop. 8,801), Mohave co., NW Arizona. The town was named for the development company that originally…

Hunter Valley

(Encyclopedia) Hunter Valley, region of New South Wales, SE Australia. The Hunter River and its tributaries occupy this valley S of the Mt. Royal Range. The land in the upper valley is used for…

Imperial Valley

(Encyclopedia) Imperial Valley, fertile region in the Colorado Desert, SE Calif., extending S into NW Mexico. Once part of the Gulf of California, most of the region is below sea level; its lowest…

Long Valley

(Encyclopedia) Long Valley, caldera, c.10 by 20 mi (15 by 30 km), Mono co., E Calif., at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada. Formed by a catastrophic eruption c.730,000 years ago, Long Valley and…

Mill Valley

(Encyclopedia) Mill Valley, city (1990 pop. 13,038), Marin co., W Calif., a suburb on Richardson Bay, an inlet of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1900. It is a residential community set in heavily timbered…

Moreno Valley

(Encyclopedia) Moreno ValleyMoreno Valleymərēˈnō [key], city (1990 pop. 118,779), Riverside co., S Calif., inc. 1984. In 1990, Moreno Valley was California's fastest-growing city, with a population…