barranca
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- noun
- /bɑˈrɑŋkə/
- US
- During the summer, the barranca fills with water after heavy rains, making it a beautiful spot for nature lovers.
Examples
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Their journey involved walking down through the barrancas of the Quebrada de Topia to Tamazula.
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Given the drug production in the area, one informant we asked about passage through the barrancas flatly stated, "Even we don't go there."
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The Barranca del Aguila was a place that interested the Chichimecs for several reasons.
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He had gone hunting in the barrancas.
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Keep down the barranca and head for Sanlúcar.
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Archaeologists first found human remains in some of the Barranca's caves and the canyon in the 1930s.
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With both hands spread on the bar, Gilberto the bartender asked what we were looking for out there in the barrancas, the canyons.
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The emphatic response of local residents to the mere idea of hiking down the barrancas toward the Pacific Coast was warning enough for us to abandon any idea of retracing that leg of the West and Parsons trip.
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Because of the prevalent drug activity, the western barrancas that served as a natural passageway for West and Parsons were characterized as unsafe for Topianos and too dangerous for us to enter.
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The hikers carefully descended into the steep-sided barranca, taking in the breathtaking views of the lush vegetation below.
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Etymology
The word barranca comes from Spanish barranco, which means 'ravine' or 'gully'. Think of a deep cut in the land made by water, and that is why a barranca today means a steep-sided ravine.