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Definition of Bajada
1. Noun. In the southwestern US, a slope, specifically part of a piedmont slope made of rocky detritus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bajada
1. a slope of rock debris [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bajada
Literary usage of Bajada
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. La Plata, the Argentine Confederation and Paraguay: Being a Narrative of the by Thomas Jefferson Page (1859)
"ON the 20th I left Matara, and at sunset reached bajada Sause, ... From bajada
Sause the bordering lands became more and more depressed, until, ..."
2. Letters on Paraguay: Comprising an Account of a Four Years' Residence in edited by William Parish Robertson (1839)
"... forced to play the flute—Arrival at the bajada—A fortunate encounter—I am
lodged in the common gaol—The inmates of it—My transfer to a solitary cell—The ..."
3. Buenos Ayres and Argentine Gleanings: With Extracts from a Diary of Salado by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1865)
"... having been near Parana in former Times—The bajada—The Church of San Miguel—The
Plaza of Parana—Camara—Cathedral and Senate-house—Casa de Gobierno—View ..."
4. The Snake-dance of the Moquis of Arizona, Being a Narrative of a Journey by John Gregory Bourke (1884)
"CHAPTER I. En route—Uniformity of customs—The start from Santa Fe— La bajada—The
arrival in safety. ALTHOUGH vague rumours had from time to time reached me ..."
5. The Vegetation of a Desert Mountain Range as Conditioned by Climatic Factors by Forrest Shreve (1915)
"truncated at its lower edge by the Rillito, which flows at right angles to the
slope of the bajada, and on the western side of the range the Canada del Oro ..."
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