WALKER'S DICTIONARY

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Bifurcated

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to cause to divide into two branches or parts.

Karst

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 Landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite.

VIRTIGUOUS

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Sites difficult to manage for sufferers of vertigo and fear of heights.

Bitumen

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A mixture of organic liquids that are highly viscous, black, sticky, entirely soluble in carbon disulfide, and composed primarily of highly ...

Deposito

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Water resevoire

Defile

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a narrow passage or gorge

declivity

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A downward slope or sloping, as of a hill

Recce

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The examination or survey of the general geological characteristics of a region. Walkers do recees to discover new walks.

PATH

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A trail made by animal or man.

MOZARABIC TRAILS

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Ancient Moorish trading routes between villages.

NECKLACE PATH

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Path following contour of mountain.

BARRANCO

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A deep ravine or gorge.

BANCALES

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Terraces  formed of traditional stone walls that merge with the natural topography.

PROCESSIONAL CATERPILLER

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Pine caterpillars or Thaumetopoea pityocampa are common to Spain and France. Normally found nesting in the abundance of pine trees on hills...

SCRAMBLE

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More vertical ascents and decents normally requiring use of both hands and feet.

NEVERA

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Stone lined chamber where snow layered in straw would have been packed to last throughout the summer

TRIG POINT

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Cement (usually) piller normally designating highest point on mountain.

TRACK

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Usually unpaved, man-made passage, meant for two wheel wide vehicles at one time or other.

COL

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A pass between two mountain peaks or a gap in a ridge, usually saddle shaped.

CAIRN

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A pile of rocks marking the direction of the trail. Important to pay attention to, particularly on mountains

SCREE

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Scree, also called talus, is a term given to an accumulation of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs, or valley shou...

Mackie

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This stuff !!! From the french word "maquise".
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