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Gulf of California   /gəlf əv kˌæləfˈɔrnjə/   Listen
Gulf of California

noun
1.
A gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico.  Synonym: Sea of Cortes.






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"Gulf of California" Quotes from Famous Books



... left, and to the right the slow descent into the cactus plain. Yaqui was now traveling due west. It was Gale's idea that the Indian was skirting the first sharp-toothed slope of a vast volcanic plateau which formed the western half of the Sonora Desert and extended to the Gulf of California. Travel was slow, but not exhausting for rider or beast. A little sand and meager grass gave a grayish tinge to the strip of black ground between lava ...
— Desert Gold • Zane Grey

... was confident that it was safer to perform a part of the journey by water than by land, which explains how it was that he was still in the paint and garb of an Indian, and still stealing his way down toward the Gulf of California. ...
— Through Apache Lands • R. H. Jayne

... who afterward challenged United States Senator Broderick to fight a duel, from political influences, and killed him, and some years afterward was assassinated himself from a disagreement with parties about a lawsuit. We came opposite Mazland at the mouth of the Gulf of California, and took on ...
— The Adventures of a Forty-niner • Daniel Knower



Words linked to "Gulf of California" :   Mexico, United Mexican States, Sea of Cortes, gulf



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