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as in canyon
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it
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as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water
built a flume next to the road for runoff
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Recent Examples of flume
Get soaked on the log flume or see a concert at Pirates World?
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
For now, the flume is a one-of-a-kind experiment.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Pipes are painted like tree trunks, flumes are supported by faux crumbling aqueducts, waterfalls gush through holes in the hulls of boats and sails hang overhead to protect from the searing sun.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
While the long-popular attraction retains much of its ride infrastructure, including an elevator lift and flume design that allows for a steep, watery descent, Journey to Atlantis does have new elements, beginning with the queue itself.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
For now, the flume is a one-of-a-kind experiment.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Pipes are painted like tree trunks, flumes are supported by faux crumbling aqueducts, waterfalls gush through holes in the hulls of boats and sails hang overhead to protect from the searing sun.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
While the long-popular attraction retains much of its ride infrastructure, including an elevator lift and flume design that allows for a steep, watery descent, Journey to Atlantis does have new elements, beginning with the queue itself.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flume
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That’s due in large part to its natural beauty—towering mountains, spectacular canyons, and rushing waters inspire hiking, biking, fly-fishing and a number of other outdoor pursuits.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Mar. 2026
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Some trails start out as mellow, flat hikes, but eventually turn into steep, rocky scrambles, requiring hikers to use their hands to navigate around boulders or up narrow canyons.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
16 Mar. 2026
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Water quality in many canals and bays is worsening.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
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Her family scheduled their most ambitious sightseeing early, temples, canals, tuk-tuks, and a bustling flower market that held special meaning given her father’s career as a florist.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Mar. 2026
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If finding a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down inside your car and protect your head, or abandon your vehicle and seek shelter in a low-lying area such as a ditch or ravine.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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Picnic in the shadow of ancient aqueducts.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
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Students learn how their water travels from the Sierra Nevada through reservoirs, pipes and aqueducts to finally end up in their homes.—
Molly McCrea,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Ronda’s main attractions are its gorge-spanning bridges, an intriguing old town, and one of the oldest bullrings in Spain.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Mar. 2026
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His parents came down from England to cheer him on and made a side trip into the Atlas Mountains, where a mud-brick mansion perched over a gorge caught his mother’s eye.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Flume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flume. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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