Malpais Definition

noun

Akin to badlands, but having volcaniclastic rather than sedimentary rocks.

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Land having an underlayer of basaltic lava and little or no soil.

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Origin of Malpais

  • From Spanish malpaís (mal (“bad”) + país (“land”))

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