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UK
/ɹˈɪvəbˌɛd/
]
[ US /ˈɹɪvɝˌbɛd/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɪvɝˌbɛd/ ]
NOUN
- a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river
How To Use riverbed In A Sentence
- The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
- The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed
- Colorful carmine bee - eaters up a breeding a dried - up, sandy riverbed in Zakouma National Park, Chad.
- Without even noticing the rumble strips, she slammed into a bridge abutment and rolled over several times into a dry riverbed. Fatal Error
- The grave generally is located in a riverbed or somewhere deep in the forest.
- It teemed rain from once we set foot on the trail, the underfoot conditions were such that it was like wading through a soft riverbed, it was blowing a gale in the valleys and a hurricane up top.
- I thought I wanted a dark green but then saw a slab of streakily wavering, striated peach and grey and umber that resembled ancient dry riverbeds seen from the air. Bird Cloud
- Despite the flimsiness of their tent, the Jouberts say they've never been attacked by lions, and only once by a thirsty elephant who tried to steal their water, dragging their accommodations, apparently while they were outside, into a dry riverbed. Directing Traffic on Safari
- In fact, one of my first solo four-wheel lock excursions was taking a Montero through a dry riverbed which ran through Joshua Tree (Google it) for about 20 miles or so and provided just about every off-road challenge and escapade possible for dirt rookies and veterans alike. Steve Parker: Mitsubishi's 2010 Outlander Off-Roader a Serious Vehicle
- Once they receive word that the river has dried, they head out to the riverbed and scoop minnows out of isolated pools.