riverbed
Americannoun
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riverbeds
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Origin of riverbed
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She told a local coordinator she believed the 37th image -- showing the pale, swollen face of a man lying on a pebbled riverbed -- was her childhood best friend.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
At the base of the landslide, trees and other vegetation have been stripped at a height of more than 300m above the riverbed.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
River recreation zones in Elysian Valley and the Sepulveda Basin, another section of soft-bottomed riverbed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
In a dry riverbed deep within a forest near the Amazon in Brazil, paleontologists uncovered a fossilized jawbone from a previously unknown ancient animal.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
At the Kabul River, vendors moved into the parched riverbed.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
It was immortalized by the composer Johann Strauss II as “The Blue Danube,” but the views from today’s cruise-ship windows are heavy on the grey-brown hues of dried-up riverbeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Researchers collected soil samples from sand dunes, salt flats, riverbeds, and mountainous terrain.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026
Mining sites pop up wherever local people find deposits in this land laden with riches - on farmland, in former graveyards and along riverbeds.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
Matt James has collected gold nuggets for years from the hills and riverbeds of California, but as the precious metal's price soars, he has found an unexpected El Dorado: on social media.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025
The riverbeds provide a perfect path for a tsunami to flow inland and high up mountainsides.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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