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
In the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere, did Wim’s dad seem to find him pretty quickly, considering that that gulch was a long speeder bike ride away from home?
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Charlie Mason, TVLine, 6 Dec. 2024
The skies are the star attraction at Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon, a new property set in a quiet gulch just 16 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon National Park.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
The Owyhee Canyonlands, with stunning red gulches, winding rivers and a moon-like landscape where a volcano with a caldera once 600 times larger than Mount St. Helens erupted, stands as the largest unprotected wilderness area in the American West.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2024
The gulch and the forest around it became a bonfire pit waiting for a spark.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
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Charlie Mason, TVLine, 6 Dec. 2024
The skies are the star attraction at Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon, a new property set in a quiet gulch just 16 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon National Park.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
The Owyhee Canyonlands, with stunning red gulches, winding rivers and a moon-like landscape where a volcano with a caldera once 600 times larger than Mount St. Helens erupted, stands as the largest unprotected wilderness area in the American West.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2024
The gulch and the forest around it became a bonfire pit waiting for a spark.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulch
Noun
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That initial drive was merely the opening act for the hike-able mesas, canyons, and sky-high sandstone beyond the visitor center gates.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2025
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The octopus inhabits underwater canyons at depths of 3,400 to 5,000 feet.—
Real-Time news team,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
Noun
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2025
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That includes Tom Cruise, as covert CIA division agent Ethan Hunt, riding a motorcycle off a 4,000-foot cliff and BASE jumping the final 500 feet of a ravine, or the breathless climactic train mayhem in 2023’s Dead Reckoning, the opening installment of this two-parter.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Its red rock ranges and fossil-laden gorges preserve a record that dates back more than 3.6 billion years, well before tectonic plates began to shape continents.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Horsetail Falls Further up the gorge, Horsetail Falls spills 176 feet down a sheer rock face.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2025
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Cades Cove Feel enveloped in mountain majesty by visiting this scenic valley in Townsend, Tennessee that’s fully surrounded by the mountain range.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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Those bodies of liquid carve out shorelines, valleys, mountain ridges, icy boulders, mesas and dunes.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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“Gulch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulch. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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