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coulee

[koo-lee] / ˈku li /
NOUN
canyon
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NOUN
lava
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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

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

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

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

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

At first blush it didn’t seem to make sense to Joe that a kid like Day would have any reason to work in a place as dirty and dangerous as the coulee.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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