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Coulee, or coulée (/ ˈ k uː l eɪ / or / ˈ k uː l iː /), [1] is any of various different landforms, all of which are kinds of valleys or drainage zones. The word coulee comes from the Canadian French coulée , from French couler 'to flow'.
Grand Coulee is a large coulee on the Columbia River Plateau.This area has underlying granite bedrock, formed deep in the Earth's crust 40 to 60 million years ago. The land periodically uplifted and subsided over millions of years giving rise to some small mountains and, eventually, an inland sea.
Moses Coulee is the second-largest and westernmost canyon of the Channeled Scablands, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the west of the larger Grand Coulee. This water channel is now dry, but during glacial periods, large outburst floods with discharges greater than 600,000 m 3 /s (21,000,000 cu ft/s) carved the channel. [ 1 ]
Coulee name Nearest community Specialized/rural municipality Coordinates CGNDB link (ID) Appleyard Coulee Hesketh: Kneehill County: IARAR: Arrowsmith Coulee
Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water ...
Coulee City is located at (47.611942, -119.290904 It sits on the southern shore of Banks Lake, a man-made reservoir that stretches for 27 miles to Grand Coulee Dam.At Coulee City, water from the reservoir enters a system of irrigation canals taking it to Billy Clapp Lake to the south and then beyond across the broader Columbia Basin Project.
Grand Coulee is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 972 at the 2020 census. [2] History. Grand Coulee was officially incorporated on ...
Grand Coulee, is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of downtown Regina . It is home to an annual event called the "Harvest Hoedown”.