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Río Balsas

American  
[ree-oh bahl-sahs, ree-aw bahl-sahs] / ˈri oʊ ˈbɑl sɑs, ˈri ɔ ˈbɑl sɑs /

noun

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


Example Sentences

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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.

From Scientific American

The coastal plain is broad between the Río Coahuayana and San Juan de Lima, and between Las Peñas and the Río Balsas, where the hills rise some 12 kilometers inland from the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

The western part of this basin, which separates the Sierra de Coalcomán from the Cordillera Volcánica, is the valley of the Río Tepalcatepec, a major tributary of the Río Balsas.

From Project Gutenberg

The eastern part of the basin is the valley of the Río Balsas.

From Project Gutenberg

Lying between the Tepalcatepec Valley and the Pacific Ocean, and east of the Río Coahuayana and west of the Río Balsas, is an isolated highland mass, the Sierra de Coalcomán.

From Project Gutenberg