Editing Coulee (section)

==Types and examples==
[[Image:Drum-Heller-Channels.jpg|thumb|Drumheller Channels in the [[Columbia Plateau (ecoregion)|Columbia Basin]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]]]

* The dry, braided channels formed by glacial drainage of the [[Channeled Scablands|Scablands]] of eastern [[Washington (state)|Washington]], such as [[Grand Coulee]] and [[Moses Coulee]]. Moses Coulee and [[Lake Lenore (Washington)|Lenore Canyon]], lower Grand Coulee, have [[hanging valley]]s, where pre-flood tributaries enter the coulees at least {{convert|100|m|ft|abbr=on}} above the coulee floor.<ref name=Baker/> 
* The furrowed [[moraine]]s channeling rain runoff in the area east of the [[Missouri Coteau]] in the western [[United States]] and western [[Canada]] at the base of the [[Rocky Mountains]].
* In the western United States, tongue-like protrusions of solidified lava, forming a sort of canyon. 
* In [[Wisconsin]] it is applied to valleys. These valleys tend to have high, steep walls. "Hollow" is used as a synonym, often for the smallest of such valleys. The term is also applied to the greater [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]] metropolitan area (i.e. the "Coulee Region").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM52CT_The_Coulee_Region_La_Crosse_WI |title = The Coulee Region – La Crosse, WI – Wisconsin Historical Markers on Waymarking.com}}</ref>
* The Gassman Coulee in [[North Dakota]] may have been a contributing factor to the flooding of the [[Souris River]] in June 2011.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}