Synonyms of ravines

ravines

noun

plural of ravine

as in canyons

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

he urged his horse down into the ravine where there was a thin stream of water flowing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canyons
• gorges
• valleys
• gaps
• gulches
• saddles
• crevices
• abysses
• passes
• cols
• flumes
• defiles
• trenches
• fissures
• kloofs
• notches
• couloirs
• gulfs
• glens
• chasms
• linns
• crevasses
• gills
• clefts
• hollows
• basins
• cirques
• vales
• gutters
• gullies
• dales
• dells
• arroyos
• coulees
• wadis
• floodplains
• kettles
• troughs
• combes
• barrancas
• nullahs
• washes
• cwms
• draws
• shut-ins

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ravines

Rising from near the Aegean coast to 9,573-foot Mytikas, Greece’s highest peak, the mountain encompasses forests, ravines, limestone cliffs, and alpine habitat with unusually rich plant diversity. — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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

The face of the moon never looks the same from one night to the next, as the shifting angle between the moon and sun causes sunlight to sweep across its surface, altering the shadows cast by craters, mountain ranges and ravines. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 23 May 2026

Madeira’s cliffs and ravines are difficult enough that many walking holidays there are guided and focused on one part of the island, including the eight-mile forest hike through Ribeiro Frio. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026

The manhunt has so far been contained to Stewart County, where search crews are up against an immediate terrain of steep hills with deep ravines or hollows, the sheriff said. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 6 May 2026

The reserve features high, broken cliffs and deep ravines on headlands overlooking the ocean. — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026

She was found hours later, barely alive and with a fractured skull, having been brutally raped and left for dead in one of the park’s ravines. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026