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Noun
/əˈroiˌō/,
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arroyos, plural;
  1. A steep-sided gully cut by running water in an arid or semiarid region

  1. a stream or brook
  2. An arroyo, a Spanish word translated as brook, and also called a wash is usually a dry river, creek or [[stream bed]—gulch that temporarily or seasonally fills and flows after sufficient rain. Wadi is a similar term in Africa. In Spain, a rambla has a similar meaning to arroyo.
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  4. A water course; a rivulet
  5. (Arroyos) Training ranches used by Zetas, mainly located in Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, literally translated to "Creeks"
  6. Dry riverbed that fills occasionally.
  7. A gully or channel cut by an intermittent stream. A water-carved channel or gulley in an arid area, usually rather small in cross section with steep banks, dry much of the time due to infrequent rainfall and the depth of the cut which does not penetrate below the level of permanent ground water.
  8. approximate rectangular shaped valley cut in floodplain alluvium, with a smaller stream in the base. Usually found in semi-arid areas.
  9. watercourse or channel through which water may occasionally flow (coulee, draw, gully, wash).
  10. a small, deep, flat-floored channel or gully of an ephemeral or intermittent stream, usually with nearly vertical banks cut into unconsolidated material-term commonly used in the arid and semiarid regions of the Southwestern United States.
  11. (in  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (president of the Philippines))
  12. A water-carved gully or normally dry creek bed. Arroyos can fill with fast-moving water very quickly. Flash flooding in an arroyo can take just seconds to develop.
  13. a deep and usually dry gully cut by an intermittent stream
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  15. a small, water-carved channel with steep banks that is located in a dry area
  16. n.; a dry creek or river bed, watershed channel, or canyon.
  17. A steep-sided and flat-bottomed gulley in an arid region that is occupied by a stream only intermittently, after rains.
  18. "The dry bed of a stream" is explained in Bunny Cottontail and the Crane.
  19. The Spanish word for a dried creek bed
  20. a water-carved gully or channel. Arroyos are typically dry except when it rains heavily.
  21. I: A dry, sandy wash, prone to flash flooding during storms.
  22. a deep desert wash with steep sides.