barito bajada
Wash / arroyoStone & Ground

Wash / arroyo

Dry channel — flash-flood path

A sandy channel that's bone-dry 360 days a year and a violent torrent the other five. Rain falling on a mountain miles away fills it with no warning — never build, park, camp, or store anything in one, and route your structures and drives clear of it.

Key

Stops shovels or floods — watch when digging/siting
Barito Bajada — field notes from the desert