: a deep or precipitous cleft : ravine
especially
: one occupied by a torrent
Examples of gulch in a Sentence
the gulch floods in the spring with the runoff from the mountains, so wait until later in the summer to hike it
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Mandatory evacuations were active along the Colorado 13 corridor from the White River near Meeker to south of Piceance Creek Road in Garfield County, parts of Rio Blanco County east of Willow Creek and south of Piceance Creek, and gulches west of Colorado 13.
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Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2025
Overlooking not only the river but the neighboring Gebbers’ family apple and cherry orchards, the heaving ridges and rugged gulches at Scarecrow lend themselves to speed slots, blind shots, punchbowl greens, and holes that boomerang around or play over massive waste areas.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Three rock climbers were ascending a sport climbing route in a Colorado gulch when one of them fell to their death, officials said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2025
One longtime and renowned Newport Beach resident, silver screen icon John Wayne, helped turn a gulch in the Upper Newport Bay into a private tennis club, initially called the John Wayne Tennis Club, now known as Palisades Tennis Club.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
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Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2025
Overlooking not only the river but the neighboring Gebbers’ family apple and cherry orchards, the heaving ridges and rugged gulches at Scarecrow lend themselves to speed slots, blind shots, punchbowl greens, and holes that boomerang around or play over massive waste areas.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Three rock climbers were ascending a sport climbing route in a Colorado gulch when one of them fell to their death, officials said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2025
One longtime and renowned Newport Beach resident, silver screen icon John Wayne, helped turn a gulch in the Upper Newport Bay into a private tennis club, initially called the John Wayne Tennis Club, now known as Palisades Tennis Club.
—Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
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“Gulch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gulch. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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