After opening a training base known as Twentynine Palms Aviation Academy, the military created a series of small runways where gliders could land after training operations. The Airport is located in the close proximity to the Twentynine Palms United States Marine Corps base and itâs support activities.
A flash flood hits a dry streambed in the Gobi Desert. An arroyo (/ÉËrÉÉªoÊ/; Spanish: [aËroÊo], brook), also called a wash, is a dry creek, stream bed or gulch that temporarily or seasonally fills and flows after sufficient rain. Flash floods are common in arroyos following thunderstorms.
Example Sentences for arroyo. 1  I done some thinkin' along them lines when I seen him standin' up there over the arroyo wavin' his hat at the bullets. 2  They left the road and struck across country toward the arroyo. 3  He nodded toward the head of the arroyo, where lay the garden of the Littlest Girl.