MEANING
A broad sediment slope formed where neighboring alluvial fans merge along a mountain front.
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- desert bajada
- broad bajada
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The desert bajada descended toward a salt-white basin.
They followed the broad bajada beneath the mountain front.
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- bajada
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular bajada; plural bajadas. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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