Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A flat arid valley surrounded by mountains and draining into a shallow central lake.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In physical geography, a basin-shaped depression inclosed on nearly all sides by mountains.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish bolsón, augmentative of Spanish bolsa, purse, pouch, from Late Latin bursa; see bursa.]

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Examples

  • Such lovely landscape was presented to our eyes in the "bolson" into which our trapper-guide had conducted us.

    The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850

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  • All accounts agree in speaking of the bolson of Cuzco as well provided by nature in this respect.

    The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

  • It will help us to understand as nothing else will how the tribes located in one rich and productive bolson could, by successive forays, reduce to a condition of tribute tribes living in other detached valleys and bolsons.

    The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

  • The vallon was therefore a _cul-de-sac_; or, as the trapper in his native synonyme called it, a _bolson_.

    The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850

  • Our guide was of opinion that this _bolson_ would serve as a hiding-place, until we could rest our horses.

    The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850

  • The aquifer, bolson in Spanish, was about 20% of the PSB's production last year.

    KDBC.com 2010

  • I have spent the past week camping with dear friends, most of which i have left behind and will probably not ever see again (although hope will always exist for Carlos, Fabio, Priscilla and Liza) ... i spent new years on top of a mountain in el bolson, and witnessed stars like i have never seen before in my life.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • Donate to briancordova's travel fund today! sooooo ..... after a 24 hour bus ride from the beautiful, tranquil city of el bolson, i find myself (again) in the city that started it all for me.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

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