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Bouldery debris-flow levee, Santa Catalina Mtns., Arizona

Bouldery debris-flow levee, Santa Catalina Mtns., Arizona

Debris-flows cascading down mountain drainages carry boulders along with a finer-grain matrix of cobbles and sand. As the debris trains moves downslope boulders anc cobbles are pushed out of the flow to form levees that further channelize the flow.

The city of Tucson is seen in the background.

Photographer: Joseph Cook

Photo Date: circa 2016