Post-Fire Erosion Created Ravine (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Post-Fire Erosion Created Ravine

Caption

Once the 2011 Las Conchas fire burned this forested region of New Mexico's Valles Grande, water from summer rainstorms tore this ravine through a grassy meadow. The ravine is greater than 2 meters deep.

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Caitlin Orem

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