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Coulee(1) Steep-sided flow of volcanic lava that has solidified. (2) Abandoned glacial meltwater channel. (3) Term used in the United States to describe a steep-sided stream valley.
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Coulee"deep ravine, seasonally flooded," 1804, a North American word, originally in areas explored by French trappers, from French coulée "flow" (17c.), from fem. past participle of coul [..]
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Couleea deep, dry ravine or streambed. Also, steep flow of hardened lava. Counter-Radiation: greenhouse deflection of incoming longwave radiation back to the planet surface.
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CouleeA dry canyon eroded by Pleistocene floods that cut into the lava beds of the Columbia Plateau in the western United States.
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CouleeLong winding channel cut through lava formations. A term primarily used in the northwestern United States.
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