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What (who) is gulch - definition
DEEP V-SHAPED VALLEY FORMED BY EROSION
gulch
[g?lt?]
¦ noun N. Amer. a narrow, steep-sided ravine marking the course of a fast stream.
Origin
C19: perh. from dialect gulch 'to swallow'.
Gulch
·noun Act of gulching or gulping.
II. Gulch ·noun A Glutton.
III. Gulch ·vt To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
IV. Gulch ·noun A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.
gulch
n.
Ravine (made by running water), gully.
Wikipedia
Gulch
In xeric lands, a gulch is a deep V-shaped valley formed by erosion. It may contain a small stream or dry creek bed and is usually larger in size than a gully. Sudden intense rainfall upstream may produce flash floods in the bed of the gulch.
In eastern Canada, gulch refers to:
- a narrow deep cove (Newfoundland)
- a narrow saltwater channel (Nova Scotia)
Examples of use of gulch
1. Instead, Mandan uses a heavily wooded gulch for calving.
2. "Smoke from the Black Rock Gulch fire is visible from St.
3. The fires threatened the Junction City and French Gulch areas along Highway 2'', fire officials said.
4. Kulongoski is seeking a temporary restraining order in the Mike‘s Gulch salvage–logging timber sale.
5. In the Gamma Gulch area, scores of dead animals littered a property where a home and barn burned.