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Ol⋅du⋅vai Gorge

  [awl-doo-vahy]
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–noun
a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
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Ol·du·vai Gorge   (ōl'də-vī', ôl'dŏŏ-)   
A ravine in northern Tanzania west of Mount Kilimanjaro. It contains archaeological sites rich in fossils and Paleolithic implements.
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Olduvai Gorge [(ohl-duh-veye, awl-duh-veye)]

A deep ravine in Tanzania famous for the fossils of ancestors of humans found there by Louis and Mary Leakey.

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