Wash??????

Question

my friend who lives in arizona was telling me about how her dad went to this place called a wash to get sand for cement?

i just dont get what it is

she said its illegal to take this sand

and i just dont get it.

Answer 1

Wash (creek), a usually dry creek bed or gulch that temporarily fills with water after a heavy rain

A good example of man-made arroyos can be found in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There are several miles of open-air concrete drainage channels that eventually drain into the main tributary known as the North Diversion Channel that discharges to the Rio Grande upstream of the city. After the completion of the San Juan Project Water Treatment Plant, part of that river flow in excess of that needed for silvery minnow habitat will become part of the city's water supply. Because of the danger of flash flooding signs are posted warning people to keep out, but ditch rescues are a yearly occurrence.

Answer 2

MY friend, a wash is usually a dried up creek.   GOD Bless you.