Synonyms:
gully
Meaning: deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
Usage examples
One side of the rock was broken by a slanting gully.
That is the hope that draws the prospector from river to stream, from stream to dry gully bed, from dry gully to precipice edge, and often over the edge to death or fortune.
He started and looked in the same direction as I did which was right down the gully, and saw what had taken my attention, namely, the stooping bodies of a couple of blacks hurrying away through the bushes at a pretty good rate.