Crossword clues for malpais
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Malpais \Mal"pais`\, n. [Cf. Sp. mal, malo, bad, and pa['i]s country.] (Geol.) The rough surface of a congealed lava stream. [Southwestern U. S.]
Wiktionary
n. 1 land akin to badlands, but having volcaniclastic rather than sedimentary rocks 2 land having an underlayer of basaltic lava and little or no soil
n. akin to badlands, but of volcaniclastic origin
Wikipedia
Malpais may refer to:
- 6370 Malpais, a main-belt asteroid
- Malpais, Costa Rica
Malpaís is a band from Costa Rica. The music of Malpaís is part of the Costa Rica-contemporary compositions work, called by the band "Costarican new song". The musicians are trying to relate the concept to the early folk and protest folk tradition of Latin America, mixing musical structures of regional and local folk genres such as calypso and tambito with easy-listening jazz (breaks and progressions) and romantic lyrics inspired in Latin American songwriters in order to be perceived as if they are built on the solid tradition of their musical roots. The group takes its name from the most remote, jungle-cradled beach on the north-Pacific Nicoya Peninsula—the beach at road’s end.
Malpaís can refer to:
- Malpaís (landform)
- The Malpais Legate, a.k.a. Joshua Graham, character in Fallout: New Vegas, a video game
Malpaís is a term used in the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and other Spanish-speaking regions for a rough and barren landscape that consists of relict and largely uneroded lava fields that exhibit recognizable lava flows, volcanic cones, and other volcanic landforms. This type of volcanic landscape is extremely rough and difficult to traverse. It is characteristic of an arid environment because lava fields are quickly destroyed by weathering and erosion in regions subject to more humid climates. This describes many xeric places, but is strongly connected to Spanish-speaking countries and the Southwestern United States because of the Spanish settlers that gave the landform its name.
Usage examples of "malpais".
Do you suppose an invalid would traipse around the malpais after dark?
Parker, the superintendent at El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico, was only too happy to talk.
Out on the malpais that day they went on the picnic, it had blown around her face.
Ute reservation, then roared into New Mexico and across the mesa high above Malpais Arroyo.
A late-afternoon storm was gathering over the malpais, the black and broken lava field that was all that remained of the fury of a volcanic eruption uncounted millennia ago.
In twenty minutes, he was on the road heading for Malpais Springs, a cool night wind in his face.
Shamrock reflected as he pulled Blue off the road and headed for Malpais Springs.
They reached Malpais Springs at suppertime, and had not got past the town limits before their strange cavalcade started to attract a crowd.
Ditto or unfinished mortar of the malpais for grinding chili and other ingredients for sauce.
When we hit the Malpaís, we’ll ride up onto the lava where tracking is difficult.
It wasn’t a pass, exactly, but there was definitely a narrow gap in the Malpaís near the northern end of the Fra Cristóbals.
If he got away across the malpais into the Sierra Madre they must just as well forget him.