coulee

Example Sentences

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After two short miles, arrive at the head of a coulee dotted with three lakes and a small waterfall.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2017

Figure 15.15 A slump along the banks of a small coulee near Lethbridge, Alberta.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The toe of the slump is being eroded by the seasonal stream that created the coulee.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

But things are also shifting into the modern era, as the coulee region claws out of the Depression and makes way for hydroelectric dams and rattling trucks.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2012

Even in Uncle Holt’s old work boots in the settled snow, I made pretty good time up the coulee bank.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson