Glossary entry (derived from question below)
inglés term or phrase:
washes
español translation:
torrenteras
inglés term
washes
Desert washes are also called xeroriparian habitats to indicate their relationship with rivers. Vegetation is more concentrated in washes in drier habitats, making washes highly visible from above
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Esther Vidal
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Taña Dalglish
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Jennifer Levey
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Carl Bickett (X)
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Jan 15, 2022 20:50: Jennifer Levey changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Proposed translations
España
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: español 
Works in: inglés al español, francés al español, español
torrenteras
torrentera
1. f. Cauce de un torrente.
https://dle.rae.es/torrentera?m=form
Ejemplos de este uso en contextos desérticos:
biodiversidad y taxonomía de la flora desértica sur peruanahttps://studylib.es › ... › Plantas·
Especie postrada muy frecuente en las torrenteras del desierto. Biodiversidad y taxonomía de la flora desértica sur peruana: Familia Solanaceae 75
(PDF) I CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE BIOLOGÍA XIII ...http://www.academia.edu › I_CONG...·
88 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL “JORGE BASADRE GROHMANN” TACNA - PERU Se presenta el análisis florístico de la vegetación de torrenteras del desierto tacneño.
Comentario Al Antiguo Testamento - DOKUMEN.PUBhttps://dokumen.pub › comentario-al-antiguo-testamento
Aquí se usa la imagen de las torrenteras del desierto sur de Palestina, que de la noche a la mañana, con la caída de las primeras lluvias, pasan de ser cauces secos y muertos a torrentes impetuosos, que cubren de verdor
sus márgenes y restauran la vida en las regiones esteparias.
Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
Native in: inglés (Variant: British)
Works in: español al inglés, inglés al español, francés al inglés, and 2 more.
quebrada seca
creo que la traducción va a variar de zona en zona, dependiendo del vocabulario típico para describir un río pequeño. Por ejemplo, en México y en los Estados Unidos, no he escuchado "lecho", pero "arroyo" y "barranca" se escuchan comunmente.
Otros hilos relacionados:
draw, wash
Wash (as in Carrizo Wash)
wash (geography)
wash, ridgeline
http://mojavedesert.net/desert-habitats/desert-wash.html
Desert Wash
Washes generally flow intermittantly after heavy rains, a feast or famine of water that creates specific plant communities. Roadside water runoff can also create a microhabitat of its own. The sacred datura, also called jimson weed or thorn apple, thrives in this water runoff, making it standout along roads.
https://www.britannica.com/science/arroyo
arroyo
dry channel
Alternate titles: coulee, dry wash, oued, wādī, wash
Ephemeral stream (arroyo) in Big Bend National Park, Texas
arroyo
arroyo, also called Wadi, Wash, Dry Wash, or Coulee, Arabic Wādī, French Oued, a dry channel lying in a semiarid or desert area and subject to flash flooding during seasonal or irregular rainstorms. Such transitory streams, rivers, or creeks are noted for their gullying effects and especially for their rapid rates of erosion, transportation, and deposition. There have been reports of up to 8 feet (2 m) of deposition in 60 years and like amounts of erosion during a single flood event.
¿Qué es una quebrada seca? - Celebrity.fm https://celebrity.fm › what-is-a-dry-g...· Translate this page
UU., Un Wash es el lecho seco de un arroyo que fluye solo ocasionalmente, generalmente en un barranco o cañón. de la misma manera
Osmore River Facts for Kids https://kids.kiddle.co/Osmore_River
In its last stretch, the river is joined by another stream which brings in the **desert wash** of the Quebrada Seca de Guaneros, a stream which drains 935 square kilometres (361 sq mi) over a stream length of 87 kilometres (54 mi). Many springs in the lower valley (broad valley with flood plains developed for agriculture) were tapped for irrigation development and the river in the lower section in the coastal valley is known by the ancient name of Rio Ilo (Ilo River) with coast line occupied by villages of fishermen.
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Shortly after it reemerges it is joined by a seasonal wash, the Quebrada Seca de Guaneros (87 km long; basin 935 sq km), which crosses the Clemesí Desert ...
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https://riudg.udg.mx/bitstream/20.500.12104/84812/1/MCUCBA10...
sistemas xeroriparios /
See page 11: Importancia de los ambientes xeroriparios
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François Tardif
: Wash se aplica tanto a un arroyo o reguero que fluye como al que no fluye en tiempo de sequía; quebrada seca deja entender solo la segunda acepción…
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Sorry, I don't understand your explanation. The text went on to say: areas that are dry most of the year and specifically "desert washes", nor do I disagree with Bea's proposal of torrenteras! Also mentioned "ambientes xerioparios" which is uncommon, yes
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España
Museums
Native in: español (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: inglés al español, francés al español
riadas
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Jennifer Levey
: What you describe is called a 'flash flood' in English, not a 'wash'.
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But "riadas" create streams too. "Riadas" de río
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Reference comments
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: inglés (Variant: British) 
Works in: español al inglés, francés al inglés, inglés al español, and 2 more.
"En esta parte del seco llano se nota la bajada de un cauce de escasa profundidad que corre por el lado este del sitio. La presencia de arbustos un poco más verdes que el común sugiere que aquí hay más humedad en el subsuelo y que se trata de una torrentera activada en tiempos de lluvias invernales, situación que aprovecharían los morados que antaño dieron vida a lo que ahora no es más que esqueletos de pircas."
Barranco - descripcion
La red hidrográfica de las Bardenas Reales está constituida por barrancos que se expanden por todo su territorio. El agua sólo discurre por ellos cuando llueve, formándose en los barrancos de mayor tamaño balsas aisladas que se mantienen el resto del
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