ranchland

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Patricia Gelles and her husband, David, helped plant Kiona Vineyards in 1975, the first vineyard on Red Mountain and a benchland in the eastern end of the Yakima Valley.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2017

The alluvial, well-draining soils of the valley floor are flanked on its east side by the Mayacamas mountain range, whose rise forms a benchland providing southwest exposure that’s ideal for Bordeaux varieties.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2017

It is a quiet community of 63,000 people, with a downtown hugging the river in a wide furrow worn into the prairie and newer development spread out on the benchland above.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2017

Tom Lorrigan’s father used to carry a rifle across his thighs when he rode up the trail past Devil’s Tooth Ridge to the benchland beyond, where his cattle fed on the sweet bunch grass.

From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto

He therefore left the trail and rode up on a ridge from which he could overlook the whole benchland, with the exception of certain gulches that cut through.

From The Flying U's Last Stand by Bower, B. M.