gully

ravin, ravine

Sillon étroit et profond creusé dans le sol par l’eau qui coule.

En anglais simple : A narrow, deep channel in the ground made by flowing water.

• Water flowed down the gully.
• Heavy rain had cut gullies into the hillside.
• We crossed a narrow gully filled with loose rocks.

Synonymes : ravine, channel

Expressions courantes : a deep gully, a narrow gully, gully erosion

ravine

Petite vallée étroite, souvent creusée par l’écoulement de l’eau.

En anglais simple : A small, narrow valley, often cut into the ground by flowing water.

• A stream runs through the gully.
• Heavy rain carved gullies into the hillside.
• We climbed out of a steep gully.

Synonymes : ravine

Expressions courantes : deep gully, rocky gully, down a gully

avaloir

Ouverture au bord d’une route qui conduit l’eau de pluie vers des canalisations souterraines.

En anglais simple : An opening beside a road that takes rainwater into pipes below the ground.

• Leaves blocked the gully.
• Rainwater flowed into the road gully.
• The workers lifted the gully cover.

Synonymes : drain

Expressions courantes : road gully, blocked gully, gully cover

bateau de trottoir

Partie abaissée du bord d’un trottoir permettant le passage des personnes ou des véhicules.

En anglais simple : A lowered part of the raised edge beside a road, allowing people or vehicles to cross it.

• The wheelchair crossed the gully easily.
• Workers installed a gully beside the driveway.
• Keep the gully clear for people crossing the road.

Synonymes : dropped kerb

Expressions courantes : lowered gully, driveway gully

raviner

Pour l’eau, creuser des vallées étroites ou des sillons profonds dans le sol.

En anglais simple : Flowing water cuts narrow valleys or deep channels into the ground.

• Heavy rain can gully the soil.
• Storm water gullied the bare hillside.
• The exposed ground gullies easily in heavy rain.

Synonymes : erode

Expressions courantes : gully the soil, gully a slope