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How to pronounce ravine in English?

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Type Words
Type of vale, valley
Has types canon, canyon, gorge

Examples of ravine

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Witnesses reported seeing both vehicles go over the side and down into a ravine.
From the signonsandiego.com
They jumped into the icy Colorado air, down the slide and into the ravine below.
From the omaha.com
Firefighters found the silver Mercedes S600 about 100 feet down a brushy ravine.
From the suntimes.com
The walls of the ravine slowly fell away and opened onto a wide, sloping meadow.
From the nytimes.com
Its river course and bed are very much in their natural state inside the ravine.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Mountain bikers have had to ford a ravine to hook up with the Folsom Lake trails.
From the sacbee.com
A concrete burial vault still protrudes from the bank near the top of the ravine.
From the DesMoinesRegister.com
Will a trickling ravine turn into a gushing torrent or an impassible waterfall?
From the travel.nytimes.com
At the ravine, we also saw Dutchman's breeches and trout lilies poking through.
From the dispatch.com
More examples
  • A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
  • A ravine is narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streamcutting erosion. Ravines are typically classified as larger in scale than gullies, although smaller than valleys. ...
  • A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water
  • (ravinement) The formation of ravines; An irregular junction which marks a break in sedimentation
  • (RAVINEMENT) UNCONFORMITIES in a transgressional sequence of deposits which take on a variety of forms based on wave energy and sediment supply.
  • (ravines) narrow valleys wiht steep sides
  • Deep, steep-sided valley, gorge or cleft cut into a rocky landscape.
  • A steep sided depression cut by a stream, smaller than a valley and larger than a gully.
  • A steep sided valley usually created by erosion from a creek or river.