RIFT VALLEY Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

rift valley

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Definition of rift valley

as in canyon

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Recent Examples of rift valley The rift valleys of East Africa are some of the largest and most spectacular topographic features on Earth. — David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 There is a rift valley on the Rio Grande in the desert of New Mexico where an award-winning home sits. — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Rather than having a central volcano, the Reykjanes Peninsula is dominated by a rift valley with lava fields and cones. — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024 Valles Marineris is thought to be a rift valley, formed by uplift when hot material from the Mars's mantle bubbled up and stretched the planet's crust. — Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2010 See All Example Sentences for rift valley

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The Montrose County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) said the body was found on the floor of the park’s Black Canyon, where many trails run along steep 2,000-foot drop-offs and access to the inner canyon is limited.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
The visitor favorite, the Canyon Loop Trail, is an accessible, easy-to-moderate, two-and-a-half-mile walk that loops around its nine canyons.

— Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of canyon

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Perhaps the most iconic hike in Redwood National and State Parks, the Fern Canyon Loop Trail is a short, flat stroll through a lush river gorge.

— Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2026
Outside, the rocky surfaces of the gorge’s walls alternate between light and shadow while the river glints in the midday sun.

— Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of gorge

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And while Avon itself is quieter than its neighbors, complimentary shuttles run to both Vail and Beaver Creek, so you’re not cut off from the valley’s buzziest restaurants and après spots—just slightly removed from them.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
The rising sea filled what had once been an enormous river valley, creating the bay and turning high points into islands like Tangier.

— John Anglim, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of valley

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But only a handful of souls have ever gone up the treacherous, unforgiving north face — 9,000 steep miles of snow, rock and ice with a gnarly gully given the forbidding name the Hornbein Couloir.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Jansen then trapped Travis Head lbw for 14 after a review and Simon Harmer took a superb catch at gully to send back Marnus Labuschagne (14) with Australia reduced to 45-4 in 14 overs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of gully

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Veterans organizations and psychedelic advocates contend that ibogaine has great promise for intractable conditions such as PTSD, severe depression and opioid addiction.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2026
The find sits adjacent to the Bozhong Sag, the largest hydrocarbon-rich depression in the Bohai Sea.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026

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Set in the modern Scottish Highlands, Laird is an epic family saga in which a proud Scot, Drummoch (Branagh), defies a shadowy American billionaire, Peter Bergstrom (Sarsgaard), hellbent on buying up the glens.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
Travelers familiar with Scotland’s Isle of Skye may recognize this recipe for remote luxury, though rather than craggy cliffs and emerald-green glens, Noirmoutier is closer to a little slice of California.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026

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