Dene is a word from Northumbrian English used in Northumberland and Durham to refer to a steep-sided wooded valley through which a burn runs. |
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Day two, we walked down the steep-sided Hukere Stream to join up with the Travers River, then on to Lake Head hut. |
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The valley is quite narrow and steep-sided, so you do not see out, but it's full of interest. |
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The main outcrops of this rock suite underlie the two steep-sided hills of the Boesmanskop to the immediate north of the main escarpment. |
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Along the coast, people have crammed themselves into steep-sided stacks of apartments in the clamour for the slightest glimpse of the sea. |
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Sediment-laden streams carve deep, steep-sided valleys which, where they debouch into adjacent lowlands, produce alluvial fans. |
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A large, steep-sided depression, most likely a prehistoric borrow pit, was noted just to the north of the mound. |
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The topography is stunning, all steep-sided wooded valleys and strategically planted game crops. |
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Birch, alder, ash and hazel line the path, and the Grotaig Burn forms a steep-sided gorge for part of the way, the sides of which are covered with ferns and woodrush. |
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Some rocky and steep-sided dolines and potholes have been enlarged by progressive collapse of the limestone and retreat of their exposed rock walls. |
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Another unusual ice-contact feature is an esker, a long, narrow, steep-sided ridge of glaciofluvial sand and gravel inhabiting a glaciated area. |
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