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Definition of coulee in English: couleenounˈkuːli 1A short flow of viscous lava. Example sentencesExamples - The remaining magma as lava domes and coulees was extruded with some associated subplinian or vulcanian explosive activity.
- The late-stage lava coulees and domes are most evolved.
- The bulk of the T2 magma is represented by the lava domes and coulees, which are the most evolved.
2North American A deep ravine. Example sentencesExamples - Once in the bog at the bottom of the coulee, one can see that the high grass is covered with grey silt.
- I also do not expect the flood pathway stories to tell that the flood eroded, in several days, 50 cubic miles of basalt and silt that resulted in deep vertical-walled coulees with flat bottoms.
- It has rolling hills, valleys, ravines and coulees, ideal for stalking.
- They settled in coulees and river valleys where permanent water and wild hay grew and could sustain them year-round.
- The badlands are significant due to the plethora of fossils and dinosaur bones that have been recovered in the slowly eroding hoodoos, narrow valleys and bone-dry coulees.
Origin Early 19th century: from French coulée '(lava) flow', from couler 'to flow', from Latin colare 'to strain or flow', from colum 'strainer'. Definition of coulee in US English: couleenoun 1North American A deep ravine. Example sentencesExamples - Once in the bog at the bottom of the coulee, one can see that the high grass is covered with grey silt.
- The badlands are significant due to the plethora of fossils and dinosaur bones that have been recovered in the slowly eroding hoodoos, narrow valleys and bone-dry coulees.
- They settled in coulees and river valleys where permanent water and wild hay grew and could sustain them year-round.
- I also do not expect the flood pathway stories to tell that the flood eroded, in several days, 50 cubic miles of basalt and silt that resulted in deep vertical-walled coulees with flat bottoms.
- It has rolling hills, valleys, ravines and coulees, ideal for stalking.
2A lava flow. Example sentencesExamples - The late-stage lava coulees and domes are most evolved.
- The remaining magma as lava domes and coulees was extruded with some associated subplinian or vulcanian explosive activity.
- The bulk of the T2 magma is represented by the lava domes and coulees, which are the most evolved.
Origin Early 19th century: from French coulée ‘(lava) flow’, from couler ‘to flow’, from Latin colare ‘to strain or flow’, from colum ‘strainer’. |