....that’s just an arroyo....
My westspeak is not great. Distinguish if you will, the difference between a canyon and a gulf.
A canyon is I believe a water course cut down from the surrounding mesa?
Arroyo?
.....the difference between a canyon and a gulf......
Should be the difference between a canyon and an arroyo
(senior moment)
my american heritage dictionary says:
” a deep gully cut by an intermittent stream; a dry gulch....”
all of the american southwest has arroyos, one of the more famous being the arroyo seco in pasadena. a dry gulch. usually with rattlesnakes.
the name is prominent in tucson. if you drive your car through an arroyo, or even smaller dip in the road, as you notice a thunderstorm over the catalinas, you may not survive the flood of water.
the word probably comes from the spanish, who were white and here before the mexicans.
arroyo comes from the latin word for a gallieried mine.