Gramadulla

Quick meaning: Gramadulla is a noun meaning (geomorphology, Namibia) Arid terrain characterized by numerous alternating canyons and gorges.

Meaning

(geomorphology, Namibia) Arid terrain characterized by numerous alternating canyons and gorges.

Example Sentences

ephemeral rivers like the Swakop are deeply incised into the plains, producing gorges and areas of badlands (locally called gramadullas)

the word “gramadulla” […] seemed to express just the bleak desolation of those grey-capped masses of rock and the wild labyrinth of those innumerable gorges and ravines.

1971, Jillian Becker, The Union, London: Chatto & Windus, Chapter 4, p. 248, Perhaps it was Lisa, who had become a huntress, who chased him on; across the plains and down the gramadulla gorges, and through the shade of granite dykes.

Word Forms

• gramadullas

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