gulch

n. ravine; gully; canyon

A gulch is a deep V-shaped valley formed by erosion. It may contain a small stream or dry creek bed and is usually larger in size than a gully. Occasionally, sudden intense rainfall may produce flash floods in the area of the gulch.In parts of New York and New England, the word "gulf" is used for either gulch, gorge or small canyon.In Canada, gulch is also used to refer to:a narrow deep cove (Newfoundland)a narrow salt water channel (Nova Scotia)
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Noun
1. a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
(synonym) flume
(hypernym) gorge

(v. t.)
To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
  

(n.)
Act of gulching or gulping.
  

(n.)
A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.
  

(n.)
A glutton.
  

Synonyms and related words:
abysm, abyss, aqueduct, arroyo, bed, box canyon, breach, break, canal, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, clove, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, creek bed, crevasse, crevice, culvert, cut, cwm, defile, dell, dike, ditch, donga, draw, dry bed, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gorge, groove, gulf, gully, gullyhole, headrace, hole, incision, irrigation ditch, joint, kloof, leak, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, race, ravine, rent, rift, rime, river bed, riverway, runnel, rupture, scissure, seam, slit, slot, sluice, spillbox, spillway, split, stream bed, streamway, swash, swash channel, tailrace, trench, valley, void, wadi, water carrier, water channel, water furrow, water gap, water gate, watercourse, waterway, waterworks