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Gulch

Valleys

A gulch is a deep, V shaped valley cut by erosion, generally larger than a gully, and it may hold a small stream or a dry creek bed. Sudden, intense rainfall upstream can send flash floods rushing through the bed of a gulch.

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Erosion, Processes
Source Gulch (Wikipedia)

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Geology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 (Q1475691) mapped to discipline Geology via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Gulch
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Wikidata: Gulch
Wikidata Q24065566, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Gulch (Wikipedia)
Caused By: Erosion, Lead paragraph
Quote, Caused By: Erosion, Lead paragraph
A gulch is a deep V-shaped valley formed by erosion
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