Barranca
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noun.
A deep ravine or gorge.
noun.
A bluff.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A deep ravine, mountain-gorge, or defile: a word frequently used by writers on Mexican and South American geography and travel.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A steep-sided
gulch
or
arroyo
; a
canyon
or
ravine
.
Word Usage
"Even now, the meandering black strip of asphalt, cut deep into the green hillside, and perched on the edge of the deep 'barranca', is like an unwelcome intruder in the landscape."
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
bottomland
butte
canebrake
capsize
gulch