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In the floods in Texas, all that water piled up in the Guadalupe’s riverbed because the river had very low water levels prior to the event.
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 7 July 2025
To ford the region's many rivers, creeks and bayous, travelers needed riverbeds with hard surfaces.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
But in March 1995, skeletal remains were found in a riverbed in Santa Cruz County in Northern California.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
Behind him were his wife, mother-in-law and other relatives, gingerly making their way into the riverbed.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
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Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 7 July 2025
To ford the region's many rivers, creeks and bayous, travelers needed riverbeds with hard surfaces.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
But in March 1995, skeletal remains were found in a riverbed in Santa Cruz County in Northern California.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025
Behind him were his wife, mother-in-law and other relatives, gingerly making their way into the riverbed.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverbed. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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riverbed
noun
riv·er·bed
-ˌbed 
: the channel occupied or once occupied by a river
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