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Originally Posted by ned37
as i tell the tv every time the phx news people talk about "the valley" IT'S A BASIN, NOT A VALLEY!
but nobody ever listens to the old guy.
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"Valley: An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains or hills, or other uplands. Often having a river or stream running along the bottom."
Pretty well fits, even if the Salt River is now dammed and dry.
It is actually a "monsoon" by definition also although new comers seem to think it is not but Haboob is a stretch for our giant walls of dust during a storm.