Wind Gap (Noun)
Meaning
A pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The hikers struggled to find the trail that led through the narrow wind gap in the ridge.
- Geologists studied the unique landform of the wind gap, where erosion had worn away the mountain rock.
- On the map, the wind gap was marked as a natural pass, but there was no mention of a stream running through it.
- From the wind gap, the group could see the valley spread out below them, with no waterway in sight.
- Travelers had to navigate the rocky terrain to reach the wind gap, where the mountain ridges converged.