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  2. Arroyo (watercourse) - Wikipedia

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    The Doña Ana County Flood Commission in the U.S. state of New Mexico defines an arroyo as "a watercourse that conducts an intermittent or ephemeral flow, providing primary drainage for an area of land of 40 acres (160,000 m 2) or larger; or a watercourse which would be expected to flow in excess of one hundred cubic feet per second as the result of a 100 year storm event."

  3. Stream bed - Wikipedia

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    A streambed or stream bed is the bottom of a stream or river and is confined within a channel, or the banks of the waterway. [1] Usually, the bed does not contain terrestrial (land) vegetation and instead supports different types of aquatic vegetation (aquatic plant), depending on the type of streambed material and water velocity. Streambeds ...

  4. Gulch - Wikipedia

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    The creek that may have run along the bottom of the gulch in the past has been diverted to a parallel aryk. A gulch is a deep V-shaped valley formed by erosion. It may contain a small stream or dry creek bed and is usually larger in size than a gully. [1] Sudden intense rainfall upstream may produce flash floods in the bed of the gulch.

  5. Body of water - Wikipedia

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    a stream or river that flows into the main stem (or parent) river or a lake. Vernal pool: a shallow, natural depression in level ground, with no permanent above-ground outlet, that holds water seasonally. Wadi: a usually-dry creek bed or gulch that temporarily fills with water after a heavy rain, or seasonally: Located in North Africa and ...

  6. Glossary of landforms - Wikipedia

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    Rapids – River section with increased velocity and turbulence; Riffle – Shallow landform in a flowing channel; River – Natural flowing freshwater stream; River delta – Silt deposition landform at the mouth of a river; River island – Exposed landmass within a river; Rock-cut basin – Cylindrical depression cut into stream or river beds

  7. Stream - Wikipedia

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    A site along the route of a stream or river, used for reference marking or water monitoring. [34] Thalweg The river's longitudinal section, or the line joining the deepest point in the channel at each stage from source to mouth. Watercourse The channel followed by a stream (a flowing body of water) [36] or the stream itself.

  8. Riverbed (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Stream bed is the channel bottom of a stream or river or creek. Riverbed may also refer to: Wadi, a dry riverbed that contains water only during times of heavy rain; Riverbed Technology, an American technology company; Riverbeds (band), a Canadian post-rock band

  9. Armor (hydrology) - Wikipedia

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    Armour of basalt blocks. In hydrology and geography, armor is the association of surface pebbles, rocks or boulders with stream beds or beaches.Most commonly hydrological armor occurs naturally; however, a man-made form is usually called riprap, when shorelines or stream banks are fortified for erosion protection with large boulders or sizable manufactured concrete objects.

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