- a steep-walled ravine or gorge.
- a gully with steep sides; arroyo.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/barranca)
"The state capital was a harder place to take. A natural fortress standing in broken hills with deep barrancas cutting around it, the city defied all tactics but those of the siege."
- John Womack, Zapata and the Mexican Revolution
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