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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
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.
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Their native dirt pile, which sits atop Mason Mountain, is brought down to the water flume for people of all ages to sift through.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
More recent developments in this area include characters found in attractions such as Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, a highlight of Galaxy’s Edge, and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure flume ride.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 16 July 2025
This log flume ride, which debuted in November 2024, is centered on the sites and sounds of 1920s Bayou Country, including zydeco and Afro-Cuban music, Mardi Gras, the culinary traditions of New Orleans and, of course, the region’s critters—crocodiles among them.
—Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 27 June 2025
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Their native dirt pile, which sits atop Mason Mountain, is brought down to the water flume for people of all ages to sift through.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
More recent developments in this area include characters found in attractions such as Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, a highlight of Galaxy’s Edge, and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure flume ride.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 16 July 2025
This log flume ride, which debuted in November 2024, is centered on the sites and sounds of 1920s Bayou Country, including zydeco and Afro-Cuban music, Mardi Gras, the culinary traditions of New Orleans and, of course, the region’s critters—crocodiles among them.
—Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flume
Noun
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The drama continues to unfold in lower canyons into December.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Oct. 2025
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And a wide range of brands including fast-casual restaurant Sweetgreen and luxury outerwear brand Canada Goose have embraced cowboy hats and rusted-red canyon backdrops in ad campaigns.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Founded in 1962, the museum highlights 200 years of canal history through interactive exhibits, original artifacts, and engaging programs that explore how this engineering marvel shaped New York’s communities and culture, past and present.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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An 84-year-old man was found dead in an irrigation canal in Williams after an hourslong search Saturday, but foul play is not suspected at this time, according to the Colusa County Sheriff’s Office.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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Trek the Weeping Ridge Trail to see the leaves from deep within a ravine.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Oct. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Oct. 2025
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Completed eight years later, the canal stretched some 363 miles (584 kilometers), with 18 aqueducts and 83 locks to compensate for elevation changes en route.—
Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
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For millennia, qanats—ingenious underground aqueducts—balanced survival with scarcity across the central plateau of Iran.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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As sublime as countertop donuts and as nourishing as a rack of girlie magazines, Clerks is a terrific movie gorge.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Oct. 2025
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Among these is the Ravenna Gorge Christmas Market in a true fairy-tale setting—a gorge under the 131-foot-high viaduct of the Höllental railway in the Black Forest Highlands.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Flume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flume. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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