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. Sudden intense rainfall upstream may produce flash flood
A dry gulch in the desert near Tamchy, Kyrgyzstan. The creek that may have run along the bottom of the gulch in the past has been diverted to a parallel aryk.
Witches Gulch found in the Dells of the Wisconsin River
A wadi is a river valley or a wet riverbed that typically contains water only when heavy rain occurs, though wadis with year-round water flow do exist, such as Wadi Bani Khalid and Wadi Mawr. Wadis ar
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…Valley – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it Wadi – Hydrological feature Draw (terrain) – Long area of downward-sloping low ground…
Wadi Ghuweir Trail to Feynan, Jordan
Wadi Degla in Egypt during the dry season
Triassic wadi deposit near Ogmore-by-Sea, Wales. Clasts are carboniferous limestone.
Haid al-Jazil in Wadi Dawan, Yemen