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a wound the earth carves into itself, one stubborn raindrop at a time.
means A deep, narrow gorge or valley with steep sides, typically carved out by running water.
from From French 'ravine,' meaning a rush of water or violent torrent, which descends from Latin 'rapina' — plunder, robbery, a violent seizing — the same root that gives us 'rapine' and 'ravenous.' The earth's torn channels were named, fittingly, for the rushing flood that robbed the ground of itself.
- slow violence
- Cut by water moving slower than you walk.
- french roots
- From ravine, meaning a violent rush of water.
- flash danger
- Can fill with deadly floodwater in minutes.
- size niche
- Bigger than a gully, smaller than a canyon.
- hidden worlds
- Their shaded depths shelter species the plains lost.
grand canyon — 1-mile-deep gorge carved by colorado river through arizona over 6 million years
kings canyon — 2,000-foot-deep granite ravine in sierra nevada, california, carved by kings river
zion canyon — 2,000-foot red rock ravine in utah carved by virgin river over 13 million years