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 were more creeks, high hills, big parks, passes, and open mountainsides with broken, timbered canyons and gulches.
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Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
Mandatory evacuations were active along the Colorado 13 corridor from the White River near Meeker to south of Piceance Creek Road in Garfield County, parts of Rio Blanco County east of Willow Creek and south of Piceance Creek, and gulches west of Colorado 13.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2025
Overlooking not only the river but the neighboring Gebbers’ family apple and cherry orchards, the heaving ridges and rugged gulches at Scarecrow lend themselves to speed slots, blind shots, punchbowl greens, and holes that boomerang around or play over massive waste areas.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Three rock climbers were ascending a sport climbing route in a Colorado gulch when one of them fell to their death, officials said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2025
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Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
Mandatory evacuations were active along the Colorado 13 corridor from the White River near Meeker to south of Piceance Creek Road in Garfield County, parts of Rio Blanco County east of Willow Creek and south of Piceance Creek, and gulches west of Colorado 13.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2025
Overlooking not only the river but the neighboring Gebbers’ family apple and cherry orchards, the heaving ridges and rugged gulches at Scarecrow lend themselves to speed slots, blind shots, punchbowl greens, and holes that boomerang around or play over massive waste areas.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Three rock climbers were ascending a sport climbing route in a Colorado gulch when one of them fell to their death, officials said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulch
Noun
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The institute likes spring fire testing at its site about halfway between Charlotte, North Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina, because while summer temperatures in the South can nearly match those in the fire-prone West, the swampy humidity in July is a bad approximation to a mountain canyon.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Deep in the woods, a tree had fallen over a power line, blocking the road out of the canyon and effectively shutting off all of the electricity in the immediate area.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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She was found hours later, barely alive and with a fractured skull, having been brutally raped and left for dead in one of the park’s ravines.—
Tracy Grant,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 Apr. 2026
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The island’s eastern region of Lasithi is home to dramatic gorges, small mountain villages, Europe’s largest natural palm forest—and fewer crowds.—
Yulia Denisyuk,
Robb Report,
16 Apr. 2026
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The key location of Rambla de Barrachina, a spectacular gorge in the Aragón province of Teruel, bares more than just a resemblance to Morocco’s picturesque landscape.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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This site, the former capital of the Cherokee Nation, sits in a green valley carved by the confluence of Georgia's Coosawattee and Conasauga rivers.—
Keith Sharon,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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Frost is possible in river valleys and rural areas of northern Missouri.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Gulch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulch. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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