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coulee

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cou·lee  (kl)
n.
1. Western U.S. A deep gulch or ravine with sloping sides, often dry in summer.
2. Louisiana & Southern Mississippi
a. A streambed, often dry according to the season.
b. A small stream, bayou, or canal.
3. Upper Midwest A valley with hills on either side.
4.
a. A stream of molten lava.
b. A sheet of solidified lava.

[Canadian French coulée, from French, flow, from couler, to flow, from Latin clre, to filter, from clum, sieve.]

coulee [ˈkuːleɪ -lɪ]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science)
a.  a flow of molten lava
b.  such lava when solidified
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Western US and Canadian a dry stream valley, especially a long steep-sided gorge or ravine that once carried melt water from a glacier
3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a small intermittent stream in such a ravine
[from Canadian French coulée a flow, from French, from couler to flow, from Latin cōlāre to sift, purify; see colander]


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Les resultats d'etudes sur la formation en couche de coulees de laves indiquent que l'ascension gravitationnelle des volatils pourrait avoir un effet sur le transfert de masse d'ions complexes durant la differenciation dans les chambres magmatiques.
Kaiser was intrigued by Garfield's development and he commissioned Garfield to provide similar service, first for his workers who were constructing Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State starting in 1938 and then for Kaiser's nearly 90,000 employees in his Richmond, Calif.
All of the footmen at Lord Merryvane's countryseat had been chosen for their broad shoulders and glorious blond forelocks, which, of coulee, Lord Merryvane never had seen in the light of day, rising as he did from his secret vault as the sun's last cursed rays faded from the sky.
 
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