lakebed
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But over the past two decades, decreasing water flow has exposed 36,000 new acres of dry lakebed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
The remarkably well-preserved fossil skeleton was uncovered in ancient lakebed sediments at Haughton Crater on Devon Island in Nunavut.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026
The research was prompted by the appearance of circular mounds on the dried lakebed in Farmington Bay over recent years.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
“The playa,” a nearly six-square-mile patch on a 200-mile Pleistocene era lakebed, is what Burners call the festival zone.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2025
The lakebed was on a mission to bury the base, the men, and all of their planes, and it was succeeding.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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