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ARROYO [2 records]

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Record 1 2021-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

A municipality of Puerto Rico.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Municipalité de Porto Rico.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A small watercourse, sometimes a steep-walled, flat-floored channel, created by occasional rainfall in arid regions of the Americas.

CONT

Such rains create havoc by destroying mud walls and houses ... and by sending swirling torrents down the wadis of the Sahara or the "arroyos" of the North American deserts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Lors de ruissellements importants, l'écoulement est intermittent [...] Les cours d'eau des régions sèches ont des noms particuliers : «oued» au Sahara [...] «arroyo» aux États-Unis [...]

Spanish

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