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# riverbed

noun (a riverbed, riverbeds)

«riverbed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A riverbed is the bottom of a river, the ground the river water flows over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverbed/#m1)

### In the lessons

Geography: the riverbed has stones, sand, mud and pebbles; in dry weather a riverbed may be dry. Science: fossils and gold have been found in riverbeds; water smooths stones on the riverbed. Phrases: a dry riverbed, the stony riverbed, along the riverbed.

### Examples

- The riverbed was covered with smooth stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverbed/#x1)
- In summer the riverbed dried up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverbed/#x2)
- Fish lay their eggs on the gravel of the riverbed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverbed/#x3)
- We could see the riverbed through the clear water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverbed/#x4)
- A dry riverbed can flood very fast after a storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverbed/#x5)
- They found an old coin in the riverbed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverbed/#x6)

### Note

One word (also «river bed»). Countable. «Bed» here means the bottom — like «seabed». Safety: never camp in a dry riverbed; heavy rain can fill it suddenly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «riverbed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/riverbed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«riverbed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/riverbed.html) on Mova free.