Photo 
of Alluvial Fan with Incised Arroyo

A small tributary in a headwater catchment of the Rio Puerco cuts headward into a smooth-bottomed valley.
Located just in front of the trees is an older arroyo, whose walls have begun to stabilize and revegetate.


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U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
This page is http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/rio_puerco/puerco2/alluvial.html
Maintained by Richard Pelltier
Last modified: 15:04:22 on 15-Mar-2006