Gulch
This article is about the geographic feature. For other uses, see Gulch (disambiguation).
A dry gulch in the desert near Tamchy, Kyrgyzstan. The creek that may have run along the bottom of the gulch in the past has been diverted to a parallel aryk.
In xeric lands, a gulch is a deep V-shaped valley formed by erosion. It may contain a small stream or dry creek bed and is usually larger in size than a gully. Sudden intense rainfall upstream may produce flash floods in the bed of the gulch.
In eastern Canada, gulch refers to:[1]
- a narrow deep cove (Newfoundland)
- a narrow saltwater channel (Nova Scotia)
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