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
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Examples
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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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August 29th, 2008 at 6: 13 pm PDT bolson. wordpress.com for real writing. reply word
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The aquifer, bolson in Spanish, was about 20% of the PSB's production last year.
KDBC.com 2010
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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.
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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.
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