Rambla

The title of this article is ambiguous. In Germany it also refers to a gravelly soil in floodplains, the Rambla (soil type) . Individual Ramblas can be found under La Rambla .

Rambla in Barcelona

Example of the completely dried up Rambla de Nogalte , Almería province , Spain

The term Rambla is used in the Spanish language for roads and dry river beds. The name is derived from the Arabic word for "sand" (or "sandy river bed") - raml or ramla - which spread throughout Spain during the Arab period .

Special form of the street

In several Spanish-speaking cities, La Rambla is a coastal road (in German roughly: "Road to the Sea"). Every Catalan coastal town has one or more Ramblas. Well-known Ramblas are located in Barcelona (see La Rambla (Barcelona) ) and in Montevideo ( Uruguay ). However, these are now asphalted and are used as roads all year round.

Special form of the water

Dry rivers , i.e. wadi , are also called Rambla in Spain . This refers to the geomorphological term for river or brook beds that dry out in more than eleven months of the year and are used as a road, for example, and only lead water from the mountains that feed them during heavy rain or when the snow is melting.

The German term Rambla , which denotes a type of soil , is derived from the Spanish term .