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See also:river-bedandriver bed

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Fromriver +‎bed. CompareDutchrivierbedding(“riverbed”),GermanFlussbett(“riverbed”),Swedishflodbädd(“riverbed”).

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riverbed (pluralriverbeds)

  2. (hydrology) The path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; thebottom earthen part of a river, not including theriverbanks.
    Hypernyms:bed <site,place,location
    Coordinate terms:lakebed;seabed
    Near-synonyms:streambed,creekbed
    • 2014 October 31, David W. Lloyd, “Deep in Vietnam, Exploring a Colossal Cave”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:
      The Hang En tour involves a difficult daylong trek over limestone mountain paths and alongriverbeds to the remote indigenous village of Ban Doong.
    • 2021 September 8, “Network News: West Coast Main Line viaducts reinforced by underwater concrete”, inRAIL, number939, page10:
      Detailed laser surveys carried out by Network Rail revealed that fast-flowing water on the River Eden has caused parts of theriverbed to wash away, posing a risk to the viaduct foundations.
    • 2025 September 11, Matthew Glasser, Julia Jacobo, “Rock found on Mars could be evidence of ancient life, NASA says”, inABC News‎[2]:
      Potential signs of microbial life were found in a rock sample collected by the rover in 2024 from an ancient dryriverbed on Mars' Jezero Crater -- an area of rocky outcrops on the edges the Neretva Vallis, a river valley carved by water rushing to the canyon billions of years ago, NASA officials announced in a press conference on Wednesday.

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a river bottom
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