arroyo

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

"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

Boris, 29, ran across the muddy arroyo of the Rio Grande on Dec. 3 from Ciudad Juárez to El Paso.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021

He ate as he made his way back to the arroyo, chewing the soft bone cartilage of pork ribs he found.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

The encircling mountains are a kind of flood-making machine, chuting rain down arroyos and canyons for killer floods, most memorably in 1914, 1934 and 1938.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 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

It winds through an arid landscape of garbage-strewn arroyos, yucca and sagebrush, without paved roads or sewerage.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

It was overgrazed; rain eroded big arroyos in the gray clay, and the salt bush took hold.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko