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 source stream
Bernasconi Wash —
Pahranagat Wash —