In 1908 Hans Gadow ventured into the then unexplored "tierra caliente" of the Balsas Valley and collected at Volcan Jorullo and other localities in the valley.
In the collections of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Illinois is a specimen of Geoemyda pulcherrima from Mexcala in the Balsas Basin in northern Guerrero.
Residents of the Balsas-Tepalcatepec Basin frequently have reported "caimanes" in the Rio Balsas and Rio Tepalcatepec, but the existence of the crocodile in these rivers has not been verified by specimens.
Specimens of Hypopachus from the Balsasdrainage in Michoacan have characters consistent with topotypic H.
Apparently Sonora michoacanensis michoacanensis ranges in semi-arid and arid habitats from the upper Balsas Basin in Puebla westward to the lower slopes of the Sierra de Coalcoman, whereas S.
A similar situation was discovered on a much more extensive conglomerate cliff along the Rio Balsas near Mexcala, Guerrero.
Nevertheless, the species probably occurs throughout much of the Balsas Basin.
A town in the Balsas Valley; arid tropical scrub forest.
Although Zweifel examined specimens of the nominal subspecies from the upper Balsas Basin, he did not study specimens from the intervening area--the Tepalcatepec Valley in Michoacan.
Cnemidophorus sacki zweifeli inhabits the valley of the Rio Tepalcatepec in Michoacan and probably extreme southwestern Jalisco, and the western part of the Balsas Basin in Michoacan.
Specimens of Cnemidophorus sacki sacki of equal size from Guerrero, Morelos, and Puebla in the upper Balsas Basin have a tan dorsum with dark brown cross-bars.
The localities in eastern Michoacan are intermediate geographically between the Tepalcatepec Valley and the known range of the nominal subspecies in the upper Balsas Basin.
Tantalophis may be endemic to the Balsas Basin, as are many other species of reptiles.
One of the more highly speculative of the Bolivian writers, Señor Posnansky, of La Paz, believes that gigantic balsas were used in bringing ten-ton monoliths across the lake to Tiahuanaco.
The balsas cannot beat to windward, but behave very well in shallow water with a favoring breeze.
Mañaries Indians, a warlike tribe and his friends, where balsas and canoes were posted to save him and enable him to escape.
On the other hand, large balsas constructed for use in crossing the rough waters of the deeper portions of the lake are capable of carrying a dozen people and their luggage.
To give greater security two balsas are sometimes fastened together in the fashion of a double canoe.
Of course thebalsas eventually become water-logged and spend a large part of their existence on the shore, drying in the sun.
The sun was as hot as upon the llanos along the river Balsas in Michoacan.
Until recently, through here also passed a large portion of the traffic which crossed the Rio de las Balsas and the Cordilleras to Acapulco.
The river Balsas looks as broad as Elk River in West Virginia, where it enters the Kanawha (four or five hundred feet in width).
Here, were already several pack trains, some from the mines, one going on beyond the Balsas River into Guerrero.
He found no Indians here, but a number of jacales and balsas (which he immediately burned), as well as bones and other remains of horses.
Graceful balsas are made from canes, bound together with mesquite-fiber cords; and on these the people freely navigate the narrow but stormy strait separating Tiburon and the neighboring islets from the mainland.
These balsas sustain the weight of four or five persons, and with light two-bladed paddles 2 varas in length cut the water easily.
These balsas are composed of reeds, tightly fastened together on the sides, in the form of boats, and are propelled both by sails and paddles.
Numerous rivers flow into it; in some places it is very deep, but in others so shallow that there is only just room to force the balsas through the rushes.
Various projects to reach Acapulco by rail have been put forward, but none consummated so far, the nearest rail point being that of the terminus of the Mexican Central Railway on the Balsas river.
The various streams which cross the state have their outlet to the great Balsas river, which drains the eastern slope of the Sierra Madre, falling thence into the Pacific Ocean.
The branch line from the Mexican Central, which runs from the City of Mexico westwardly to the Balsas river, is destined ultimately to reach the famous seaport of Acapulco, on the Pacific Ocean.
The great Balsas river traverses a portion of the state, emptying thence into the Pacific Ocean.
It was market day, and the balsas were carrying the peasants homeward.
Their sole work is transportation with these balsas and callapos up and down the river.
Boils of water burst from under the balsas until you balanced with the Leccos on the straining raft like rope dancers on the same strand.
It had been exactly one month since we stepped on board the balsas at the camp down the river.
The Leccos lash three balsas together, broadside on, by means of stout cross-logs tied with strips of bark or vine, and this result is called a callapo.
Twice they had been beaten back by sudden rises in the river; the third time they got through, although two balsas had been wrecked and for the past two days they had lived mainly on the berries and leaves along the jungle banks.
For the return voyage three of these balsas were lashed side by side with cross-logs and strips of the inner bark of some tree.
With balsas and callapos, as our long delay in Mapiri showed, only under the pressure of emergency was it possible to get up the river.
Their Lecco crew gorged and slept and drank for a day and then were as fresh as ever, busy in lashing each three balsas together with cross logs to make callapos for the down-stream voyage.
A proprio, a messenger, was sent overland up the river to notify the Lecco rivermen a few miles above and a week later four balsas and ten Leccos swung around the bend under the bank in the dawn and we started.
Slowly the little fleet of balsas hugged the shore, poling against the current.
The method by which the balsas are directed in their course is extremely ingenious, and is that to which I should wish to call the attention of sailors, not merely as a matter of curiosity, but from its practical utility in seamanship.
The Indians navigate this lake on balsas or rafts, supported by inflated skins, and carry on by this means a considerable commerce with the towns on the banks.
The Biobio may be forded on horseback in summer, but in winter it is deep, and generally navigated withbalsas or rafts.
He expressed great curiosity to see the wonderful strangers, and had, accordingly, come out with the balsas for the purpose.
He had not been long in their neighborhood, before a deputation of the natives, with their cacique at their head, crossed over in their balsas to the main land to welcome the Spaniards to their residence.
Oviedo states that in Nicaragua, or at least in certain parts of that country, the people had no canoes, but resorted to balsas when it became necessary to cross the water.
The best balsas were about five feet square, made of bamboos and supported by hollow gourds closed by a water and air tight covering.
These balsas or rafts are peculiar to the coast of the provinces of New Granada; they are made of five, seven, or nine trunks, of an exceedingly light tree, called balsa.
Balsas are always used in this strait, as the spring they have resists the shocks which they experience when dashed against the rocks; in such cases, a canoe or boat would be broke to pieces.
He had not been long in their neighbourhood, before a deputation of the natives, with their cacique at their head, crossed over in their balsas to the main land to welcome the Spaniards to their residence.
The wider and more tranquil waters were crossed on balsas - a kind of raft still much used by the natives - to which sails were attached, furnishing the only instance of this higher kind of navigation among the American Indians.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "balsas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
