Definition of Bolsons

1. bolson [n] - See also: bolson

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolsons

bolos
bolsheviki
bolsheviks
bolshevise
bolshevisms
bolshevize
bolshevized
bolshevizes
bolshevizing
bolshie
bolshier
bolshies
bolshiest
bolshy
bolson
bolsons (current term)
bolster
bolster finger
bolster up
bolstered
bolsterer
bolsterers
bolstering
bolsters
bolt
bolt-action
bolt-actions
bolt-hole
bolt-holes
bolt-on

Literary usage of Bolsons

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1916)
"Among minor hills and ridges rising above the bolsons are the Burdick Hills, ... bolsons. The smooth desert plain that occupies a large part of Luna County ..."

2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"That there is certainly a great similarity in the method of formation of the Tertiary deposits over the Llano Esta- cado and great bolsons of New Mexico, ..."

3. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1908)
"bolsons are generally floored with loose, unconsolidated sediments derived from the ... The sediments of some of the bolsons may he of lacustrine origin. ..."

4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"West of this line the rise is more rapid along a series of bolsons separated by mountain ranges from the bolsons traversed by the Mexican Central road, ..."

5. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1904)
"The bolsons are only apparently lake-like basins. They have a marked slope in at least one direction of their major axis, as in the case of the Jornada del ..."

6. Journal of School Geography (1897)
"An excellent example of this type of topography is seen in the bolsons west of El Paso. Looking southward across the river at El Paso ..."

7. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"... for certain basins (bolsons) in New Mexico; here, as well as upon the aggraded slopes and plains, sheet-flood action will prevail, as explained by McGee ..."

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