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Río Balsas

[ ree-oh bahl-sahs; Spanish ree-aw bahl-sahs ]

noun

  1. a river in southern central Mexico, flowing to the Pacific Ocean. 450 miles (724 km) long.


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Example Sentences

People grew a maize variety called chapalote, which was originally brought to the area from Rio Balsas, Mexico—a warmer region with more reliable rainfall.

Although torrential rains fell during the week in July, 1955, that I spent at Playa Azul near the mouth of the Río Balsas, the distinctive voice of Rhinophrynus was not heard.

The site of a former hacienda of the same name near the mouth of the Río Balsas; arid tropical scrub forest.

Inquiries among the natives living in the Balsas-Tepalcatepec Basin produced only negative evidence about the occurrence of Pseudemys in the Río Tepalcatepec and Río Balsas.

A similar situation was discovered on a much more extensive conglomerate cliff along the Río Balsas near Mexcala, Guerrero.

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