arroyo

Definition

A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arroyo.

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonyms: wadi, nahal"
• "Across the field were the tents, and beyond them the brown cottonfields that stretched out of sight to the brown arroyo foothills and then the snow-capped Sierras in the morning air."

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