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Plate 39. -Classification: system Riverine, subsystem Intermittent, class Streambed, subclass Mud, water regime Intermit- 

 tently Flooded. Streambeds such as this are common throughout the arid West. They carry water for brief periods after snowmelt 

 and following rainstorms which are irregular and unpredictable in occurrence. (Badlands National Monument, Jackson County, 

 South Dakota; May 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet) 



