Intermittent, temporary or seasonal rivers or streams cease to flow every year or at least twice every five years. Such rivers drain large arid and semi-arid areas, covering approximately a third of t
Seasonal river at Kidepo Valley National Park in northeastern Uganda
Photograph of a dry arroyo stream bed near Palm Desert, California.
The dry bed of the River Ebble in Wiltshire, pictured in August
The same location in April
The River Ebble is one of the five rivers of the English city of Salisbury. Rising at Alvediston to the west of the city, it joins the River Avon at Bodenham, near Nunton.
Intermittent river
…becomes dry, when the stream ceases. The term bourne may also be applied to a stream or river that permanently flows. Winterbourne The dry bed of the River Ebble in Wiltshire, pictured in August The same location in April A winterbourne is a kind of intermittent stream fed by an aquifer, primarily chalk aquifers…
River Ebble at Coombe Bisset
River Ebble at Bishopstone