Glossary:Arroyo

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Arroyo
Steep-sided, flat-bottomed gully in an arid region through which a stream flows only after very heavy rainfall (usually seasonally).

Related Words: Gully

Source
Rapp, G. and Hill, C.L. (1998) Geoarchaeology: The earth-science approach to archaeological interpretation. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN: 0-300-07076-4

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