Ravine

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Homole Ravine, Pieniny, Poland

A ravine is a landform narrower than a canyon and is often the product of streamcutting erosion.[1] Ravines are typically classified as larger in scale than gullies, although smaller than valleys.[1]

Definition

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 scale may not be sufficiently large to support a perennial watercourse.[2]A ravine is a deep valley which is formed due to linear/dendritic fluvial erosion of loose unconsolidated and bare soils by intricate network of rills and gullies.

Other terms for ravine include

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Definition of "ravine" at Merriam-Webster
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External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  • The dictionary definition of ravine at Wiktionary

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