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Dry Rivers

Dry Rivers

ELEMENT │ TERRAIN

Dry rivers are riverbeds without any water often found in desert or badland regions. These places may be seasonal rivers, which fill with water during the rainy season, or they may be old rivers that no longer exist. Fictional dry rivers are often sites of stampeding animals or sudden floods.

Synonyms: seasonal rivers, arroyos
Example Mythonyms: the River of Earth, the Lost River
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