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Gulch

Erosional and Karst Formations

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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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