kloof

South African

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Noun
  • The monument will begin at Painted Canyon near the eastern edge of the Coachella Valley, where rocky hills and canyon walls are washed in light pink, red, gray, brown and green hues.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The 3-mile out and back hike is moderate, climbing 300 feet over a ridge before descending into a desert canyon, which directs water into an oasis that supports surprisingly lush flora, including the eponymous palm trees.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.
    Virginia Iglesias, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Sheltered between the 4-meter high, 2.5-meter wide walls and the 60-meter-deep gorges, people built dugout houses, then later aboveground stone ones, along with stone animal pens and other buildings.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Clara Thomann, 33, fell about 164 feet down a gorge on the Greek island of Crete on Dec. 23, according to a report by the Greek Reporter.
    Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Razor-thin ridges dropped into deep valleys, while the tiny village of Hanavave provided a sense of scale.
    David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
  • At the end of a winding gravel drive, in the valley of two wooded hills here, is a small stream.
    Ainsley Platt, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Kloof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kloof. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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