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A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
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An eroded channel (generally at least 12 inches deep) which has deepened to the point that it cannot be removed by tillage.
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A furrow, channel or miniature valley, usually with steep sides through which water commonly flows during and immediately after rains.
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A very small channel formed by running water. Gullies hold water for brief periods of time after a rain storm or snow melt.
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A steep-walled stream channel incised in the soil by accelerated erosion.
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deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
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a form of water erosion and is distinguished from a rill by the fact that it cannot be obliterated by normal farm tillage operations, whereas a rill can be eliminated by such tillage
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a geological feature that is created by running water such that it forms a deep ditch
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a landform created by running water eroding sharply into a hillside
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a narrow channel eroded into a hillslope when surface water flow increases in response to clearing and overuse of the land
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a relatively deep, vertical-walled channel, recently formed within a valley where no well-defined channel previously existed
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A wide but shallow ravine that runs down a mountainside. Can produce some interesting climbs in the winter.
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Landform. A small, steep-sided valley or erosion channel (generally less than 30 feet across).
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A natural watercourse formed in the earth's surface, especially a hillside, by the action of water. It only carries water after rain and its sides are generally steep. Usually one of the smallest branches of a drainage system, and often associated with erosive action.
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this usually refers to a wide, shallow ravine on a mountainside.
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narrow valley
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narrow ravine; hollow worn in the earth by a current of water
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( Ped.) A large intermittent water course with steep sides; an obstacle to agricultural machinery. ( SSSA).
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A deep channel cut into the soil surface by accelerated erosion; a gully is so deep and/or wide that it cannot be smoothed out by tillage operations.
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Large intermittent drainage channel developed from the erosion forces of drainages occuring from surface water runoff.
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a small valley-like feature GLYU
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an erosional channel or ravine.
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large eroded channels. See also Erosion.
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A large eroded channel formed in the soil as a result of water runoff.
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A deep ditch or channel cut by running water; a small, narrow ravine
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A shallow steep-sided valley that may occur naturally or be formed by accelerated erosion.
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