arroyo
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Shortly after some removals, arroyo chub, another native fish, started moving upstream, Jacobson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
“Flash, urban, and arroyo flooding is possible with the potential for significant impacts.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
On a reporting trip to the U.S. border with Mexico some years ago, I was taken by an immigration expert to an arroyo on the outskirts of Tucson.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
"The water was so strong it pushed him into the arroyo," said Zamora, using the term for an usually dry riverbed that runs during heavy rain.
From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2022
He followed her down the steep trail into the big arroyo.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
Others use game cameras to track groups threading their way up ravines and arroyos.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Our river didn’t send a roaring torrent into the Pacific, but spread itself into a thousand little paths and wetlands and arroyos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
To steer clear of the surveillance towers, people have pushed deeper into the mountains and now hunker down in arroyos and other crevices in the desert for longer periods of time.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022
Washes and arroyos – drainage channels that are dry except during heavy rainstorms – can turn into raging currents within minutes, strong enough to carry away cars and people.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021
Grayish green salt bushes had taken over the areas between the crisscross of big arroyos.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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