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
A lack of rainfall has meant rivers have lowered, including the River Thames, exposing the riverbed in London.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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
They ran across it and came to a dry riverbed lined with green.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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
France has for weeks been battling wildfires after a series of deadly heatwaves that have dried up riverbeds and vegetation, extreme weather events scientists have linked to human-made climate change.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 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
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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