Water gap

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A water gap is a gap that flowing water has carved through a mountain range or mountain ridge and that still carries water today.^[1] Such gaps that no longer carry water currents are called wind gaps. Water gaps and wind gaps often offer a practical route for road and rail transport to cross the mountain barrier.