Coulee

Coulee

(1) A small stream, often intermittent, or the bed of such a stream when dry. (2) The valley, gulch or wash of an intermittent stream, often of considerable extent. (3) A small valley or a low-lying region.

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Small streams or dry streambeds. A deep gulch or ravine, usually dry in the summer.

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A dry canyon eroded by Pleistocene floods that cut into the lava beds of the Columbia Plateau in the western United States.

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A dry canyon eroded by Pleistocene floods that cut into the lava beds of the Columbia Plateau in the western United States.

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