gulch
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9.5
- noun
- /ɡʌltʃ/
- US
- The hikers carefully descended into the narrow gulch to explore the hidden waterfall.
Examples
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In July, Clara and Andy got horses and went up the gulches to the Bodas, the Covingtons, and the Markhams.
Fiction book (1993) -
The stream streaking down our gulch is that offshoot, the South Fork of Sixteenmile Creek.
Fiction book (1993) -
But we did get a report within the gulch that the vehicle was seen here.
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Occasionally, one got sick or got himself stuck in a gulch somewhere.
Fiction book (1998) -
Old Trigger took off straight into the gulch.
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Through the yard, down the gulch, and over the dry riverbed was the little house where the Angel lived.
Fiction book (1994) -
If he followed the gulch upslope, he'd eventually come to his house.
Fiction book (1997) -
Only the Rubano cabin on the other side of the gulch had been spared.
Fiction book (1993) -
Yellow shaley rock cliffed out wherever the gulch broke at a bend.
Fiction book (1993) -
Today's grazing territory is from the gulch on up the flank of Hatfield Mountain toward the timberline, then down again.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
44
5.8
A deep narrow valley with steep sides made by a river
31
5.3
A deep narrow valley with steep rocky sides, often with a river
11
4.4
A long narrow groove made by water or tools
1
9.6
A narrow passage between mountains that is often steep
1
9.5
A deep narrow valley with steep sides and a stream running through it
1
9.9
A steep narrow valley that is usually dry but fills with water in heavy rain
1
9.6
A steep narrow valley or gully that leads down to the sea
How Narrow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gulch probably comes from the Welsh word gwlch, meaning 'pass', and it is also like the English word gully, which names a small channel cut by water. So a gulch is a narrow, steep gap where water often runs.