Meaning & use
gulch
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A narrow, steep-sided ravine, typically formed by the flow of a stream.
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The old mining town sat at the bottom of a rocky gulch.
Hikers had to climb down into the gulch to reach the river.
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Especially common in American English for describing landscape features in the western United States.
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