ravine

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a deep narrow steep-sided valley, especially one formed by running water

   The ravine is over 1 km deep.

Borrowed from French ravin (“a gully”), from Old French raviner (“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine).

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