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ravine

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ravine
a deep narrow steep-sided valley, esp one formed by the action of running water

ravine [rə′vēn]
(geography)
A small and narrow valley with steeply sloping sides.


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When he comes back wait for me in the ravine by the dhak tree in the center of the plain.
There is such a ravine here that if we once get in it we shan't get out again.
Dunfer's, on the road from Hutton's to Mexican Hill, the highway dips into a sunless ravine which opens out on either hand in a half-confidential manner, as if it had a secret to impart at some more convenient season.
 
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