Synonyms of couloir

couloir

noun

as in canyon

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

at one point the steep, ice-encrusted walls of the couloir are no more than 50 feet apart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canyon
• ravine
• gorge
• valley
• saddle
• col
• gulch
• gap
• cañon
• pass
• kloof
• flume
• notch
• crevasse
• cirque
• defile
• crevice
• abyss
• linn
• fissure
• gill
• trench
• cleft
• gulf
• chasm
• glen
• basin
• gulley
• gully
• vale
• combe
• hollow
• gutter
• coulee
• dale
• cwm
• dell
• coombe
• coomb
• kettle
• arroyo
• wadi
• barranca
• trough
• barranco
• wash
• floodplain
• shut-in
• nullah
• draw

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