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What is another word for Clift?

Pronunciation: [klˈɪft] (IPA)

"Clift" is a specific term used to refer to a narrow passage or a deep narrow ravine, typically formed by water. However, there are several synonyms that can be used instead of "clift" to mean a similar idea. These include gully, chasm, canyon, crevasse, gorge, fissure, ravine, and defile. Each of these words carries a slightly different connotation, but they all refer to a narrow, steep-sided valley or passage. Some words, like canyon and gorge, imply greater depth and geographical extent, while others, like fissure and crevasse, suggest a smaller and narrower opening.
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The next question was, whether the route to the eastward, descending into these valleys near Mount Clift, or that by my first route, when I discovered this rocky country, should be preferred; and I returned towards our camp this morning by the eastern gullies, in hopes to find an easy descent nearer to Mount Clift than at the point where I before came down.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
I knew it was continuous to Mount Clift from my former observations, and therefore followed it by keeping between the heads of gullies breaking to each side, until I found one favourable for a descent to the left.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
Clift, of Stonington, Conn.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson

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