riverbed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of riverbed
Example Sentences
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In a dried-up riverbed, there’s a rock with a freshly drilled hole in it—the handiwork of NASA’s Perseverance rover, which touched down in Jezero Crater in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
NASA's Perseverance rover has collected samples from Jezero Crater, an ancient Martian riverbed, and they may contain evidence of very early life.
From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026
The Eisbach wave on a side branch of the Isar River had been a landmark in the Bavarian city since the 1980s but it vanished in October after annual cleanup work along the riverbed.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
“It’s the size of a lake but it’s not deep. ... It’s more like a very, very large riverbed without the flow — a wading pool maybe.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
The problem is when you get a big mass of water coming down off the hills, it’s held up by the riverbed not being deep enough, and it spreads out instead.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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