arroyo

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Lummis built his house, El Alisal, with rocks dragged out of the arroyo, and opened it for business, the business of entertaining L.A.’s visiting luminaries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

"The ongoing and historic amount of rainfall is expected to cause life-threatening to locally catastrophic flash, urban and arroyo flooding including landslides, mudslides and debris flows today," the service said.

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2023

“Flash, urban, and arroyo flooding is possible with the potential for significant impacts.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

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

The bank of the arroyo was undercut so deeply that a strong gust of wind would topple the big tree.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko