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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 ...
Sumidero Canyon, Mexico. The word canyon is Spanish in origin (cañón, [4] pronounced), with the same meaning.The word canyon is generally used in North America, while the words gorge and ravine (French in origin) are used in Europe and Oceania, though gorge and ravine are also used in some parts of North America.
This side canyon of Grand Coulee in Washington was carved by the Missoula floods. A view through a coulee in Alberta , with steep but lower sides, and water in the bottom. 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.
Example on a topographical map, and how it would look in the real world. Typical draw, Little Carpathians A draw, sometimes known as a re-entrant in orienteering, is a terrain feature formed by two parallel ridges or spurs with low ground in between them.
Stuðlagil (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈstʏðlaˌcɪːl̥]; also transliterated as Studlagil) is a ravine in Jökuldalur [ˈjœːkʏlˌtaːlʏr̥] in the municipality of Múlaþing, in the Eastern Region of Iceland. It is known for its columnar basalt rock formations and the blue-green water that runs through it.
Some sections of a stream or river valleys may have vertically incised their course to such an extent that the valley they occupy is best described as a gorge, ravine, or canyon. Rapid down-cutting may result from localized uplift of the land surface or rejuvenation of the watercourse as a result for example of a reduction in the base level to ...
The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, also known as the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, the Tsangpo Canyon, the Brahmaputra Canyon or the Tsangpo Gorge (simplified Chinese: 雅鲁藏布 大峡谷; traditional Chinese: 雅魯藏布大峽谷; pinyin: Yǎlǔzàngbù Dàxiágǔ), is a canyon along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Canyon – Deep chasm between cliffs, includes gorge. Dale (landform) – Open valley; Coulee – Type of valley or drainage zone; Gully – Landform created by running water and/or mass movement eroding sharply into soil; Ravine – Small valley, often due to stream erosion; Valley – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it