gullies
Small steep valleys
Gullies are channels or trenches carved into earth by running water, larger than rills but smaller than ravines.
Erosion creates gullies on hillsides and in fields: Heavy rains cut deep gullies across the farmland.
The word also refers to gutters or drainage channels, and in cricket, the fielding position between point and slips.
Deep, narrow valley
- gulchSteep narrow ravine
- arroyoSeasonal desert watercourse
- gorgeDeep, narrow valley
- channelPassage for transmission
wash · couloir · barranca · chasm · notch · defile · drainage · crevice
Excess water drainage
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- washoutComplete failure or cancellation
- scouringVigorous abrasive cleaning
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
weathering · degradation · rainfall · flooding · deposition · siltation · undercutting · downcutting
Narrow natural watercourse
- brookSmall flowing watercourse
- rivuletVery small stream
- watercourseChannel for flowing liquid
- tributaryStream entering larger river
channel · wash · arroyo · meander · braided · ford · drainage · watershed
Sparsely populated wilderness areas
- ruggedTough and uneven
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- remoteDistant or controller
ridge · descent · escarpment · hillside · slope · contour · elevation · outcrop
ravine
Deep, narrow valley
channel · wash · couloir · barranca · chasm · notch · defile · drainage · crevice · furrow
runoff
Excess water drainage
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- washoutComplete failure or cancellation
- scouringVigorous abrasive cleaning
channeling · weathering · degradation · rainfall · flooding · deposition · siltation · undercutting · downcutting · rill
creek
Narrow natural watercourse
- brookSmall flowing watercourse
- rivuletVery small stream
- watercourseChannel for flowing liquid
tributary · channel · wash · arroyo · meander · braided · ford · drainage · watershed · confluence
backcountry
Sparsely populated wilderness areas
- ruggedTough and uneven
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
remote · ridge · descent · escarpment · hillside · slope · contour · elevation · outcrop · scree
fielding
Handling balls in play
- dry channelswashes, arroyos, wadis, dry washes, streambeds
- valleysdales, alpine valley, canyon, vales, glacial valley
- land damageerosion, bare soil, soil loss, desertification, degradation
- badlandsbadlands, butte, buttes, mesa, hoodoo
- backcountry routesfire roads, jeep trails, logging roads, forest roads, mule trails
- Plains Geologybadlands, buttes, mesas, loess, shale