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Other machines will dig under the riverbed.
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ABC News, 13 May 2026
But in this modern version of the boom the big money isn’t just emerging from riverbeds or secret mines.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Next to them, close to the house is another dry riverbed with a burbling fountain at the head and a miniature bridge still large enough to walk over toward the bottom.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Government officials have redirected the river’s water from Isfahan to Yazd and other neighboring provinces for agricultural and industrial use, leaving the riverbed surrounding Si-o-Se Pol dry for most of the year, apart from periods when dams are opened to irrigate wheat fields east of Isfahan.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
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ABC News, 13 May 2026
But in this modern version of the boom the big money isn’t just emerging from riverbeds or secret mines.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Next to them, close to the house is another dry riverbed with a burbling fountain at the head and a miniature bridge still large enough to walk over toward the bottom.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Government officials have redirected the river’s water from Isfahan to Yazd and other neighboring provinces for agricultural and industrial use, leaving the riverbed surrounding Si-o-Se Pol dry for most of the year, apart from periods when dams are opened to irrigate wheat fields east of Isfahan.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverbed. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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riverbed
noun
riv·er·bed
-ˌbed 
: the channel occupied or once occupied by a river
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