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A ravine is a landform that is narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streambank erosion. Ravines are typically classified as larger in scale than gullies, although smaller than valleys. [1] Ravines may also be called a cleuch, dell, ghout , gill or ghyll, glen, gorge, kloof (South Africa), and chine (Isle of Wight)
Dale – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it; Defile – Narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills; Dell – Small secluded hollow; Depression – Landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area; Delta, River – Silt deposition landform at the mouth of a river; Desert pavement – Type of desert earth ...
Villa DeSales, built in 1877–1878, is a large five-by-three bay, three-story frame High Victorian Gothic dwelling with a two-story south service wing, located at Aquasco, Prince George's County, Maryland. The historic home is significant for its architectural character which includes a complex of six 19th century outbuildings.
A panoramic view of Deep Creek Lake and the surrounding Appalachian Mountains in Garrett County. Great Falls on the Potomac River Maryland borders four states: it is bounded on its north by Pennsylvania , on its north and east by Delaware , on its east by the Atlantic Ocean , and on its south and west, across the Potomac River , by West ...
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Students scrambling over boulders on the Billy Goat Trail with Mather Gorge on the left. Hiking is a common activity with many trails along and near the gorge. On the Maryland side, in the C&O Canal National Historical Park, Section A of the Billy Goat Trail follows the gorge—from below Great Falls to above the Anglers Inn river put-in. The ...
Historically, Cabin John has been part of the region known as the Potomac Gorge (Potomac Palisades), an approximately 15-mile-long (24 km) corridor or "fall zone" that sees a transition between the hard bedrock of the Piedmont to the softer rocks and soils of the Atlantic Coastal Plain and representing a drop in elevation from 140 feet (43 m ...