noun
- the bottom or floor of a river where water flows
Usage: plural of riverbed
Examples
- The drought exposed the dry riverbeds throughout the valley.
- Geologists studied the rock formations in ancient riverbeds.
- Gold miners searched for nuggets in the sandy riverbeds.
- Heavy rains filled the empty riverbeds with rushing water.
- Fish spawned in the gravel of shallow riverbeds.
- The archaeologists found artifacts buried in old riverbeds.