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A ravine is generally a fluvial slope landform of relatively steep (cross-sectional) sides, on the order of twenty to seventy percent in gradient. Ravines may or may not have active streams flowing along the downslope channel which originally formed them; moreover, often they are characterized by intermittent streams, since their geographic ...
The ravine system contains seven watersheds, the Don River, Etobicoke Creek, Highland Creek, Humber River, Mimico Creek, Petticoat Creek, and the Rouge River. [13] The Humber watershed is the largest of the seven watersheds, although the Don watershed constitutes the largest percentage of the city's land area, making up 32.5 per cent of the ...
Braided channel – Network of river channels; Canyon – Deep chasm between cliffs; Cave – Natural void under the Earth's surface; Cliff – Tall, near vertical rock face; Cut bank – Outside bank of a water channel, which is continually undergoing erosion; Crevasse splay – Sediment deposited on a floodplain by a stream which breaks its ...
Râpa Roșie (Romanian for "red ravine") is a protected area, a natural monument of national interest in Alba County, Romania.It is a geological and botanical reserve, located in the extreme southwest of the Secașelor Plateau [], on the right bank of the river Secașul Mare, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Sebeș.
The Ravine River is a 16.2-mile-long (26.1 km) [1] stream on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States. It rises in Baraga County near Mount Arvon at 46°44′50″N 88°08′19″W / 46.74722°N 88.13861°W / 46.74722; -88.13861 and flows initially northward and then westward into the Huron Bay of Lake Superior at 46°50 ...
Chavez Ravine is a shallow canyon in Los Angeles, California. It sits in a large promontory of hills north of downtown Los Angeles , next to Major League Baseball 's Dodger Stadium . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Chavez Ravine was named for a 19th-century Los Angeles councilman who had originally purchased the land in the Elysian Park area.
The Ravine du Sud (also known as La Ravine du Sud or the Ravine River) is a river of Haiti. [1] [2] The river flows through the Pic Macaya National Park. See also
A gill or ghyll is a ravine or narrow valley in the North of England and parts of Scotland.The word originates from the Old Norse gil. [1] Examples include Dufton Ghyll Wood, Dungeon Ghyll, Troller's Gill and Trow Ghyll.