flume vs gulch

flume

noun
  • A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through. 

  • An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids. 

verb
  • To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough. 

gulch

noun
  • A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully. 

How often have the words flume and gulch occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )