bolson

/bohl-sohn/US // boʊlˈsoʊn //UK // (bəʊlˈsəʊn) //

博尔森,博尔逊,博森,博尔索

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a desert valley, the level of which has been raised by aggradation, usually draining into a playa.

Of this nature is the great arid tract known as the Bolson of Mapimi.
The vallon was therefore a cul-de-sac; or, as the trapper in his native synonyme called it, a bolson.
Our guide was of opinion that this bolson would serve as a hiding-place, until we could rest our horses.
Such lovely landscape was presented to our eyes in the “bolson” into which our trapper-guide had conducted us.
The collector stated that the large tortoises had been found in only one bolson in Coahuila.