as in canyons
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
he urged his horse down into the ravine where there was a thin stream of water flowing
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Recent Examples of ravines
In the Dominican Republic, 12 provinces are on red alert due to possible flooding of rivers, streams and ravines as well as flash floods and landslides.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Michael Anderson, executive director of the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance, said with results from Senjem in hand, landowners will be able to take action to stop sediment from ravines on their properties.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Every year in the early fall, along the riverbanks and ravines of the Southeast coast, pawpaws begin to show up in the understory.
—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
The setting is breathtaking, with mountain ravines cascading away on either side.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
The North course, par 71, 6,945 yards, challenges the most accomplished golfers with its ravines, wind and tricky greens, while the popular and more sedate and sheltered par-70, 6,580-yard South Course, with four ocean-side holes, invites and tests golfers of every level.
—Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Sounds awfully similar to the aspirations of a study published in March 2024 when the city partnered with the University of Illinois-Chicago Climate and Health Institute for research and outreach around the ravines.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The tracks led north and east now, angling and twisting through the timber, across ravines and small draws, avoiding parks and passes, heading generally into the wind.
—Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
The Mullerthal region, however, invites hikers into a fairytale realm of mossy ravines, sculpted sandstone trails like the Schiessentümpel waterfall, and whispering forest paths.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Michael Anderson, executive director of the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance, said with results from Senjem in hand, landowners will be able to take action to stop sediment from ravines on their properties.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Every year in the early fall, along the riverbanks and ravines of the Southeast coast, pawpaws begin to show up in the understory.
—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
The setting is breathtaking, with mountain ravines cascading away on either side.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
The North course, par 71, 6,945 yards, challenges the most accomplished golfers with its ravines, wind and tricky greens, while the popular and more sedate and sheltered par-70, 6,580-yard South Course, with four ocean-side holes, invites and tests golfers of every level.
—Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Sounds awfully similar to the aspirations of a study published in March 2024 when the city partnered with the University of Illinois-Chicago Climate and Health Institute for research and outreach around the ravines.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The tracks led north and east now, angling and twisting through the timber, across ravines and small draws, avoiding parks and passes, heading generally into the wind.
—Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
The Mullerthal region, however, invites hikers into a fairytale realm of mossy ravines, sculpted sandstone trails like the Schiessentümpel waterfall, and whispering forest paths.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravines
Noun
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The film is also the director’s love letter to a bygone Los Angeles era, a lost world of louche glamor, with actors, directors, hippies, and hustlers roaming the city’s studio lots, canyons, and hills.—
Jay Glennie,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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Badlands, North Dakota North Dakota’s Badlands is known for its rugged landscape, including sweeping hills, prairie grasses, canyons and rock formations, as well as native wildlife.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Apart from the gorges and cliffs, the area features beautiful waterfalls and rock shelters.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Gates of Lodore trip, as it’s known, will cover 44 miles through three dramatic gorges—Lodore, Whirlpool, and Split Mountain—and two dozen mostly mild rapids in this remote, geologic wonderland along the Colorado-Utah border.—
John Briley,
Outside,
28 Sep. 2025
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As a result, a Universe with dark matter has twice the number of fluctuation peaks-and-valleys in both the cosmic microwave background’s spectrum and also the power spectrum of large-scale structure than a Universe with normal matter alone.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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These can be low-lying areas in your yard, such as slopes or valleys, that are colder than higher or sheltered areas, such as at the top of a hill or near a brick retaining wall.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Ravines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravines. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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