arroyo: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	coulee • oued • dry wash • wādī • wash

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Ephemeral stream (arroyo) in Big Bend National Park, Texas

Figure 9: Arroyo trenching an alluvial valley in the Carrizo Mountains, Arizona.

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