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Ravine

/ɹəˈviːn/

A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.

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A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.

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arroyonoun	Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).
valleynoun	An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
gullynoun	A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
wadinoun	A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
cliffnoun	A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
corridornoun	A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
hallwaynoun	A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
gorgenoun	(botany) The throat of a flower.
drawnoun	That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
gulchnoun	A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
hournoun	(time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
sidenoun	A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
infanticidenoun	The murder of an infant.
handnoun	The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
reclamationnoun	The recovery of a wasteland, or of flooded land so it can be cultivated.
aislenoun	A clear path/passage through rows of seating.
canyonnoun	A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
couleenoun	A stream, especially one in the western US or Canada, generally smaller than a bayou; it may (or may not) run dry in summer, may be sluggish, shallow, and wide (forming in effect a pond or slough), or may have cut a deep gulch or ravine.
fissurenoun	A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
notchnoun	(informal) A level or degree.