ravines

noun

plural of ravine
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 Lake Overstreet has about five miles of multi-use trails through live oaks (a northern Florida staple), hills and ravines surrounding a secluded 144-acre lake. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Rising from near the Aegean coast to 9,573-foot Mytikas, Greece’s highest peak, the mountain encompasses forests, ravines, limestone cliffs, and alpine habitat with unusually rich plant diversity. — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Hundreds, thousands of solar panels are distributed like macropixels among ravines, pampas, slopes, and wherever there’s room for them. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026 The gardens were developed in the 1930s on a site featuring natural ravines, now crossed by suspension bridges and laced with trails. — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026 The face of the moon never looks the same from one night to the next, as the shifting angle between the moon and sun causes sunlight to sweep across its surface, altering the shadows cast by craters, mountain ranges and ravines. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 23 May 2026 Madeira’s cliffs and ravines are difficult enough that many walking holidays there are guided and focused on one part of the island, including the eight-mile forest hike through Ribeiro Frio. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026 The manhunt has so far been contained to Stewart County, where search crews are up against an immediate terrain of steep hills with deep ravines or hollows, the sheriff said. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 6 May 2026 The reserve features high, broken cliffs and deep ravines on headlands overlooking the ocean. — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravines
  1. canyons
  2. gorges
  3. valleys
Noun
  • Officials briefly closed a portion of the scenic coastal route Thursday afternoon as firefighters scrambled to keep the flames from running through canyons.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Los Alamos, not far from Santa Fe, sits at the foot of Pajarito Mountain in a land of canyons and mesas.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of canyons
Noun
  • The mother and daughter are among 90 Americans missing after the devastating landslide and flood, which tore through steep mountain gorges near the Nepal-China border and surged downstream along a river, wiping out entire villages.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Nepal's mountainous terrain, dotted with deep valleys and narrow gorges, makes rescue and relief operations challenging.
    — Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of gorges
Noun
  • The rupture released a torrent of ice, mud, rock, and water that built up and then burst through the region’s narrow valleys and waterways.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The rocks and melted water suddenly swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing torrents of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of valleys

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“Ravines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravines. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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