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:

• a narrow deep cove (Newfoundland)
• a narrow saltwater channel (Nova Scotia)

See also

• Arroyo (creek)
• Coulee
• Wadi
• Draw (terrain)
• Les Rivaux de Painful Gulch