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gully
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thumb|A gully in Avaré, Brazil

Wikidata facts

Subclass of
dry valley
Image
Gully in the Kharkov region.jpg
Said to be same as
lavaka
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OpenStreetMap tag
natural=gully
Commons category
Erosion channels
different from
ravine
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Formation and consequences
  • Effects of gullies
  • Prevention of gullies
  • Stabilising gullies
  • Gully remediation in Eastern Nigeria
  • Artificial gullies
  • Termination of gullies
  • On Mars
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|A gully in Avaré, Brazil

A gully is a landform created by running water, mass movement, or both, which erodes soil to a sharp angle, typically on a hillside or in river floodplains or terraces.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “gully” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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