arroyo

Also, a graceful arroyo willow that sprouted near Margaret’s one-time vegetable garden now towers over the family’s home, attracting so many bees with its spring blooms that the branches seem to hum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

"The water was so strong it pushed him into the arroyo," said Zamora, using the term for an usually dry riverbed that runs during heavy rain.

From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2022

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 cattle had been driven from the trap in the arroyo to the corral, where they could water in the pond.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

Plein air painters flocked to capture the light of the arroyos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

Near El Paso, Texas, he will establish the Castner Range National Monument on a former artillery range along rugged canyons and arroyos that rise out of the desert near the Franklin Mountains.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

To steer clear of the surveillance towers, people have pushed deeper into the mountains and now hunker down in arroyos and other crevices in the desert for longer periods of time.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022

Washes and arroyos – drainage channels that are dry except during heavy rainstorms – can turn into raging currents within minutes, strong enough to carry away cars and people.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021

After the storm, Dad took us to the arroyos, and we watched the flash floods come roaring through.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls