Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rift valleys
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There’s also Switzer Canyon nearby, so there are two big canyons that are just gorgeous walks.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026 -
With a 52-minute run narrated by Quannah Chasinghorse, an Indigenous climate activist from Alaska, the movie follows the filmmakers’ quest through cactuses and canyons to document the jaguars amidst uncertain times and a changing landscape.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Extra caution is also advised around ridgelines, gullies, and terrain features, where wind-drifted, stiffer slabs of snow tend to form.—
Callie Zanandrie,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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How could there not be something glittery and white, not trees or rocks or twists and dippings of the ground or clumps of bushes, little gullies where the water runs infrequently.—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Overnight at the Turkey Run State Park Inn, which has both a lodge and cabins set in 2,382 acres of woods and sandstone gorges.—
Ashlyn Ware,
Midwest Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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In West Virginia, many of the thousands of bridges spanning mountain valleys and gorges are named for local veterans and on Main Streets in small towns, banners feature hometown soldiers, some of whom fought and died in past conflicts.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
6 Dec. 2025
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The coldest air arrives Friday night, with lows dropping into the low teens across the plains and urban corridor, and even colder readings expected in the foothills and mountain valleys.—
Callie Zanandrie,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935, the quarter-mile-long run has a 30-foot tower and dips and valleys, for a total vertical drop of about 90 feet.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
9 Jan. 2026
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So where fiber connections may be expensive to make (think rivers and ravines, for instance), or where permitting is very challenging, FSO could provide just the solution.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Dec. 2025
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However, the weeks surrounding them can provide spectacular views of their own, as the line separating night from day, known as the terminator, sweeps across its surface, throwing ancient craters, ravines and mountain ranges into relief.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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Lazar says strong winds blew this new snow into gullies and depressions, depositing it onto older layers of snow.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
13 Jan. 2026
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However, a second cluster features narrower walls made of smaller stones, apparently built to block natural depressions in the terrain, as reported by Archaeology Mag.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Dec. 2025
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“Rift valleys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rift%20valleys. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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