bajada

[ buh-hah-duh ]

noun

an alluvial plain formed at the base of a mountain by the coalescing of several alluvial fans.

Origin of bajada

1865–70, Americanism;<Spanish: slope, swoop, originally feminine past participle of bajar to descend <Vulgar Latin *bassiāre, derivative of Late Latin bassus short, low

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How to use bajada in a sentence

The bajada Nature Trail, near the Gateway trailhead, is a figure-eight you can do as either a half- or a quarter-mile loop.
Arizona's Best Trails for Every Kind of Hiker | Outside Editors | April 1, 2021 | Outside Online
After twenty miles appeared La bajada Hill, crossing the trail at right angles.
Across America by Motor-cycle | C. K. Shepherd
Below the bajada the height of the floods progressively declines.
The Argentine Republic | Pierre Denis
In 1827 the inhabitants of bajada went there in such numbers that the town was half deserted.
The Argentine Republic | Pierre Denis
During this first phase the curve of the bajada is parallel (thirteen days later) to that of Posadas.
The Argentine Republic | Pierre Denis

British Dictionary definitions for bajada

bajada

/ Spanish (baˈxada) /

noun

rugby Union a scrummaging technique, developed in Argentina, in which all eight forwards in a pack drive forward low and hard

Origin of bajada

C20: from Spanish bajar to go down

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