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kloofs

noun

plural of kloof, South African

as in canyons

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage halfway up its side, the couple sat in the cool shadows of the cliff overlooking the length of the kloof

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Just last month, the probe tracked a frenetic cluster of 30 dust devils swirling through the canyons of Mamers Valles, also in the northern hemisphere.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 July 2026
The fleeing bear apparently had come to the foot of one of those vertical lava cliffs that make the walls of these canyons straight-sided and impassable in places.

— Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026

Definition of canyons

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Hundreds, thousands of solar panels are distributed like macropixels among ravines, pampas, slopes, and wherever there’s room for them.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
The gardens were developed in the 1930s on a site featuring natural ravines, now crossed by suspension bridges and laced with trails.

— Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026

Definition of ravines

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From here the route winds south past the town of Telluride, with its legendary skiing and film, jazz and bluegrass festivals, and out to Mesa Verde National Park, where Puebloan people carved gorgeous cliff dwellings in the buttes and gorges.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
With peaks up to 1,531 metres and cut through by deep gorges, these mountains are wild and spectacular, said Oliver Smith in the Financial Times.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 14 June 2026

Definition of gorges

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Both areas have deep sediment soil that sit atop alluvial valleys.

— Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
High temperatures will be in the 90s to low 100s in the valleys, with the Antelope Valley in the 100s, and in the 70s to 80s in coastal areas, according to the National Weather Service.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

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