high valley

{{short description|Valley in the upper third of a mountain range}}

{{For|the band of the same name|High Valley}}

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A high valley ({{langx|de|Hochtal}}) or high-level valleyDaigaku, Tohoku. Science Reports. Series 7. Issues 13-16, p. 101. 1964.Scheu et al. (1934), p. 56. is a valley in the upper third of a mountain range.Leser, Hartmut, ed. (2005). Wörterbuch Allgemeine Geographie, 13th ed., dtv, Munich, {{ISBN|978-3-423-03422-7}}. More loosely it can refer to any mountain valley.

Examples of high valleys are the Kathmandu Valley in the Himalayas at a height of 1,350 m, the Engadine and St. Moritz in the Swiss Alps at 1,856 metres and the Tannheimer Tal in Austria at 1,100 metres above sea level.