In the northern tract of the Scablands, the water cut backward into the rock and caived the Grand Coulee, a gorge twice as high as Niagara's and several times wider. 在疤地的北部,洪水回切人岩石,削刻出大峡谷,有尼亚加拉的两倍高,好几倍宽。
Coulee \Cou`lee"\ (k??`l?"), n. [F. coul['e]e, fr. couler to run or flow.] A stream; (Geol.) a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a ca[~n]on, which has precipitous sides. ※ ||