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According to Merriam-Webster, a ravine is "a small, narrow, steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water". [1] Some societies and languages do not differentiate between a gully and ravine; in others, there is a distinction, particularly when concerning environmental ...
The Battle of the Chernaya (also Tchernaïa; Russian: Сражение у Черной речки, Сражение у реки Черной, literally: Battle of the Black River) was fought near to the Chernaya River during the Crimean War on August 16, 1855.
A gully in Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. Gullied landscape in Somalia.. A gully is a landform created by running water, mass movement, or commonly a combination of both eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodible material, typically on a hillside or in river floodplains or terraces.
Get ready for all of the NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #164 on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. Connections game on Wednesday, November 22 , 2023 The New York Times
Long cuts of deep fried potato, usu. thick cut resembling American steak fries : French fries, in (orig. UK) phrase fish and chips: thin slices of fried potato*(UK: crisps) chippie, chippy carpenter (slang); fish-and-chip shop (slang) (Ire: chipper) (adj.; chippy only) aggressively belligerent, especially in sport loose woman (dated slang);
Golosov Ravine (Голосов Овраг), also known as Vlasov (Власов) ravine [1] is a deep ravine located in Moscow, Russia. It is situated between the Kolomenskoe Hill and Dyakovo Hill and contains several springs and a brook at its bottom. On the left side of the ravine, there is a Neopagan shrine that centers around two revered ...
The river flows to the north before heading west. Rising on the eastern side of the mountains of Gilead, it runs a course of about 105 kilometers (65 mi) in a wild and deep ravine before flowing into the Jordan River between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, at a point 1,090 meters (3,576 ft) below its origin. [13]
In Guatemala, the word siguanaba has been linked to siwan, a Kʼicheʼ Maya word meaning a cliff or deep ravine, and Guatemalan folk etymology gives this as the origin of the word. Some scholars, including Recinos and Roberto Paz y Paz, disagree. [9] [10]