streambed

[ streem-bed ]

noun

1. the channel in which a stream flows or formerly flowed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of streambed¹

First recorded in 1855–60; stream + bed

Example Sentences

Only 20% of the salmon that swim above the dams are wild—fish that reproduce in cool mountain streambeds and not in the concrete tanks of a hatchery—and there is growing concern among fish biologists that they will be gone in a decade.

From Time

The department did not respond to questions about whether it has ever cited or fined companies that have spilled oil and altered the streambed in Sandy Creek.

From ProPublica

A web of surface expressions quickly developed, with continuous oil pools forming in the streambed.

From ProPublica

The regional water board is also monitoring Sandy Creek, the site of the streambed disaster.

From ProPublica

Chevron corralled the oil in a dry streambed, and within days the flow petered out.

From ProPublica

Morning dawned gloomily; there was a light mist hanging over the streambed, and much of the sky was turgid with clouds.

From Project Gutenberg

Then they topped the bank of a wide shallow dry streambed and saw the remnants of other safari below them.

From Project Gutenberg