Definition of ravine
: 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
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Examples of ravine in a Sentence
he urged his horse down into the ravine where there was a thin stream of water flowing
Recent Examples of ravine from the Web
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The Dallas Morning News reports a search group found Cruz's 11-month-old white Labrador Sunday in a ravine near where the accident occurred.
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The King County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a homicide investigation after a man’s body was found in a ravine early Tuesday morning in the Highline area south of Seattle.
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Evergreen Brick Works is also one of the gateways to Toronto’s beloved ravine system.
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The topography is riven with canyons, ravines and gullies, interrupted by striated buttes, hunkered beneath the cloudless sky like silent messengers from the past.
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A second larger creek, coursing through a beautiful ravine a quarter mile distant from the homestead clearing, gave promise of a magnificent outdoor swimming pool.
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The only sounds are those of blue jays in the trees and the telltale bark of California sea lions wafting up from steep ravines deep below.
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The vehicle went over the guardrail and fell about 20 feet into a ravine, Sanchez said.
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A driver died after smashing into a freeway bridge guardrail and flipping into a ravine in Clairemont Monday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
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Origin and Etymology of ravine
French, from Middle French, rapine, rush, from Latin rapina rapine
Other Geology Terms
anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale
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: a small narrow valley with steep sides that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon
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