Definition of riverbed
: the channel occupied by a river
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Puri believes that the executions happened against the far wall of the ravine, just before a bend in the riverbed that hides most of the valley from view.
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The madtom, for instance, is a bottom-feeding catfish that has seen its numbers drop as the riverbeds were dredged to accommodate shipping traffic.
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The court may have to issue a temporary restraining order that will not allow cities to enforce anti-camping ordinances — and then guess what, the whole county can be like the riverbed.
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Barnett, the author and historian, said some people near his Natchez, Miss., home are already seeing the fallout from the rising riverbed.
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The State Water Resources Control Board is calling for 30 to 50 percent of the water that naturally runs in the Tuolumne River as well as the San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced rivers to remain in the riverbeds.
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One geologist, Ernie Berg, noticed that a wadi, or ancient riverbed, took a mysterious turn.
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Since the county began clearing larger homeless encampments along the Santa Ana riverbed, the number of people they service has dropped dramatically.
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That statistic will surprise few Californians, who have watched homeless encampments proliferate in their state’s city centers, transit stations and riverbeds.
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First Known Use of riverbed
1781
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Definition of riverbed for English Language Learners
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: the ground at the bottom of a river
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