noun
also ba·ha·da bəˈhädə
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish bajada slope, descent, from feminine of bajado, past participle of bajar to descend, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin bassiare, from Late Latin bassus fat, short, low
1. Southwest : a steep curved descending road or trail
2. : a broad alluvial slope extending from the base of a mountain range out into a basin and formed by coalescence of separate alluvial fans