nullah

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Recent Examples of nullah Until a few years ago, much of the city’s sewage was released untreated into the Ganges via public drains, or nullahs, which discharged along the same bank as the ghats, where people habitually bathe. Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023 The project involves the diversion of a nullah which is a lifeline for the area. Manish Chandra Mishra, Quartz, 10 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nullah
Noun
  • Similar Reads Climbers hoping to ascend Lindsey target the peak from the northwest, either via a gully leading up the north face, or by scrambling along the crest of the northwest ridge.
    Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
  • Her seawall drops about 7 feet into a mucky gully where freshwater once flowed from a manmade reservoir known as Wixom Lake.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Each meter of that cable—on rooftops, in trenches, across mounting rails—is a potential ignition point if not properly protected, installed and maintained.
    Joern Hackbarth, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • Likely following orders from the Roman army, the troops would often leave the fort for distant regions and in their haste, ditch shoes, clothing and other belongings in the surrounding trenches, Frame explained.
    Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • New geophysical surveys and coring of the wadi would shed more light on the hydrological aspects of the area, while other surveys might reveal where the eastward tunnels of the pyramid lead.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The building was built in a wadi.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
Noun
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2025
  • Deputies arrived to find one of the vehicles had crashed into a ravine, causing a fire, Payman said.
    Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Officials said Sturluson, 23 – who was experiencing homelessness – was shot May 1 after asking the teen and Curtis to stop firing into a arroyo, or dry creek, that was close by.
    Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
  • And while our street was close enough to the national forest that bears and bobcats were not uncommon sights, it was also separated from it by a dry arroyo and five blocks of houses in between.
    Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The city aims to sweep every public street with a curb and a gutter at least once a month from February through October, picking up small pieces of litter and debris that can clog storm drains.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
  • The road work includes the installation of new curb and gutter as well as storm drainage improvements. Detour routes will be in place using Mt. Hebron, Garrett and Rainbow roads, the release states.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Unlike most of the relatively flat Dakota prairie, the Missouri breaks that make up much of Sutton Bay’s landscape create an assortment of coulees with cattail bottoms, perfect lairs to hide the shifty late-season pheasants.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Guiding me into the highlands for red deer, a 300-pound ungulate that lives above timberline amid the picturesque heather, is John Caithness, an affable fifty-something veteran stalker who knows the many hidden coulees and pastures of the estate where stags tend to frequent.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Other distinctive features of the main lodge include a dining room with canyon views, saloon, sunroom, auditorium and post office.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 14 July 2025
  • Temperatures at the lowest canyon elevations will be well into the triple digits on Monday.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

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“Nullah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nullah. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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