ephemeral stream

C18917
concept

An ephemeral stream is a temporary watercourse that flows only briefly in direct response to precipitation, remaining dry for the rest of the year.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
ephemeral stream canonical 3
source stream 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: ephemeral stream
Generated description
An ephemeral stream is a temporary watercourse that flows only briefly in direct response to precipitation, remaining dry for the rest of the year.

Instances (4)

Instance Via concept surface
Furnace Creek Wash
Little Yenisei (Kaa-Khem)
surface form: Little Yenisei
source stream
Bernasconi Wash
Pahranagat Wash