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• ravine — [n] gap in earth’s surface abyss, arroyo, break, canyon, chasm, clove, coulee, crevasse, crevice, cut, defile, ditch, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, gully, notch, pass, valley, wash; concepts 509,513 Ant. plain …   New thesaurus

• Ravine — A ravine is a very small valley, which is often the product of streamcutting erosion. Often found in urban areas, ravines are typically classified as larger in scale than gullies, although smaller than valleys. A ravine is generally a slope… …   Wikipedia

• Valley — In geology, a valley (also called a vale, dale, glen or strath and near or in Appalachia, a draw) is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge. The terms U shaped and V shaped… …   Wikipedia

• valley — valleylike, adj. /val ee/, n., pl. valleys. 1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream. 2. an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system …   Universalium

• Valley —    1) Heb. bik ah, a cleft of the mountains (Deut. 8:7; 11:11; Ps. 104:8; Isa. 41:18); also a low plain bounded by mountains, as the plain of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon around the sources of the Jordan (Josh. 11:17; 12:7), and the valley of… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• ravine — [[t]rəvi͟ːn[/t]] ravines N COUNT A ravine is a very deep narrow valley with steep sides. The bus is said to have overturned and fallen into a ravine. Syn: gorge, canyon …   English dictionary

• ravine — UK [rəˈviːn] / US [rəˈvɪn] noun [countable] Word forms ravine : singular ravine plural ravines a very deep narrow valley with steep sides …   English dictionary

• valley — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vale, river land, dale, dell, glen, canyon, hollow. See concavity, lowness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vale, glen, canyon, swale, depression, hollow, trough, notch, channel, lowland, river valley, stream …   English dictionary for students

• ravine — ra|vine [rəˈvi:n] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: violent rushing, ravine , from Latin rapina; RAPINE] a deep narrow valley with steep sides = ↑gorge …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ravine — ra|vine [ rə vin ] noun count a very deep narrow valley with steep sides: Houses were swept into the ravine when the hurricane struck …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ravine winds — Strong winds that occur in or near ravines or narrow valleys. When there is a pressure difference between two sides of a mountain barrier, air is impelled through the ravine by the pressure gradient. Such winds may be strong not only in the… …   Aviation dictionary