Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
barranca .
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Examples
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The road by which we ascended to Laguna is on the right of a torrent, or baranco, which in the rainy season forms fine cascades; it is narrow and tortuous.
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Laguna is on the right of a torrent, or baranco, which in the rainy season forms fine cascades; it is narrow and tortuous.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Soon after we had left this venta, we began defcending by the fide of a baranco or ravin, and with the higheft fatisfaction entered the rich vale of Baza.
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