During the last ice age, the basin now filled by the bay was a large linear valley with small hills, similar to most of the valleys of the Coast Ranges.

Vallis Planck is a long, linear valley located on the far side of the Moon.

It is located next to the linear valley named Vallis Rheita, in the rugged southeastern quadrant.

Winds funneled through the Golden Gate flow directly across the Bay and are channeled into the linear valley in which the Montclair District of Oakland is situated.

Up to the middle of the 19th century, the bulk of the redwood forest lay in the linear valley, with extensions to the surrounding ridges.

Vallis Rheita is a linear valley on the near side of the Moon.

The lake is a depression bounded to both north and south by opposite verging thrust faults, while the major Chon-Kemin-Chilik strike-slip fault runs along the linear valleys to the north.

The southern part of US-89, running northerly from Kanab, mostly follows a succession of linear valleys.

Vallis Schrödinger (latin for "Schrödinger Valley") is a long, nearly linear valley that lies on the far side of the Moon.

From Fort Ross the northern segment continues overland, forming in part a linear valley through which the Gualala River flows.