quebrada

[ key-brah-duh ]

/ keɪˈbrɑ də /

Southwestern U.S. a ravine.

a brook.

Origin of quebrada

1825–35; < Spanish, noun use of feminine past participle of quebrar to break ≪ Latin crepāre to clatter, crack, rattle

At the point where this Quebrada forms a junction with the principal valley is situated the Tambo de Viso.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests |J. J. von Tschudi
They traversed the bridge of lianas thrown over the Quebrada at a great height, and entered the Pyramid on the right.

Stronghand |Gustave Aimard
Sometimes a quebrada is several hundreds of feet in width, and of a depth so appalling as to unnerve the most hardy mountaineer.

Harry Escombe |Harry Collingwood
“It was there I left him,” said Carmen, pointing to a quebrada some ten miles away.

Mr. Fortescue |William Westall