An American word for a rocky ravine or dry watercourse is "arroyo."
WADI - an Arabic term refers to a dry riverbed. Or, in the Americas, it is called an arroyo.
Arid is another word for extremely dry.
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Arroyo is a Spanish word that means "dry streambed", or "watercourse".The European settlers named this arroyo Dry Gulch, but the natives still call it Arroyo Seco.
"Sere" means dry, arid, withered.
Dry bed or river bed
I would guess, "arid"?
There are two words that fit your search....Dune or Wash.
Wadi