coulee
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There are multiple ways to access this area; the description below begins in the Northwest corner of the coulee and is accessible to hikers of all ages and abilities.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2017
The toe of the slump is being eroded by the seasonal stream that created the coulee.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Figure 15.15 A slump along the banks of a small coulee near Lethbridge, Alberta.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
But things are also shifting into the modern era, as the coulee region claws out of the Depression and makes way for hydroelectric dams and rattling trucks.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2012
At first blush it didn’t seem to make sense to Joe that a kid like Day would have any reason to work in a place as dirty and dangerous as the coulee.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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