| arroyo | a deep gully cut by an intermittent stream | ||
| gulch | a small ravine, usually cut by a torrent | ||
Examples |
Early settlers of the west learned to avoid arroyos because of flash flooding. | ||
| The southwest is dotted with dry gulches and stream beds.1 | |||
| arroyo is Spanish; gulch is English for the smaller products of water erosion. See canyon/ravine/gorge |