as in canyon
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
the gulch floods in the spring with the runoff from the mountains, so wait until later in the summer to hike it
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Recent Examples of gulch
There may be flooding in small creeks, streams, gulches, roads and in low-lying areas or places with poor drainage.
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
The gulch is in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
Press releases from the attorneys general emphasize the gulch between the leaders, a microcosm of their significantly different approaches to running the agency.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
From this elevation west across the deep gulch that existed was one of the toughest pulls of the entire trail.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
The gulch is in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
Press releases from the attorneys general emphasize the gulch between the leaders, a microcosm of their significantly different approaches to running the agency.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
From this elevation west across the deep gulch that existed was one of the toughest pulls of the entire trail.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulch
Noun
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On the peninsula itself, a narrow strip protruding southward with the canyon wall plunging around it, park crews had chipped some wood and burned some piles over the past decade.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
29 July 2025
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Monterey Bay is a top spot for whale watching, thanks to a 6,000-foot-deep submarine canyon just offshore, which is comparable in size to the Grand Canyon.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Most of Camp 25 happened to be spread along the bottom of a ravine.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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But the armed groups that succeeded him still control huge swathes of the surrounding hills, where the Garcia ravine that claimed Sara Millerey weaves around dusty apartment blocks.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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However dogs that gorge on cicadas will find their exoskeletons difficult to digest, resulting in an upset stomach, abdominal pain, vomiting and bloody diarrhea.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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How to Get There: From the Canyon Mouth Day Use Parking Area lot at Little River Falls, take the Little Falls Trail for .75 miles down into the bottom of the gorge.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
20 June 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
29 July 2025
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Targeting trees The Mediterranean oak borer (MOB for short) mostly attacks native oaks, particularly valley oak (Quercus lobata) and blue oak (Quercus douglasii).—
James Campbell,
Mercury News,
28 July 2025
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“Gulch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulch. Accessed 12 Aug. 2025.
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