streambed
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈstriːmˌbɛd/
:
cauce
- The coarsening of the streambed can, in turn, reduce habitat availability for the many aquatic species living in or using interstitial spaces.
- a dry streambed
- an ancient streambed
- streambed erosion
Examples
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The geologist examined the rocks along the streambed to gather evidence of the area's geological history.
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Finally, we reached a sandy streambed where several figures could be seen sitting on logs, hammering stones together.
Fiction book (1994) -
We'll walk slowly, so as not to stir up the streambed any more than we have to.
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We head to the streambed between acres and acres of sorrel-tasseled corn.
Fiction book (1997) -
But soon enough, the surge of adrenaline they had caused was used up by a hard scramble up a dry streambed.
Fiction book (1991) -
We fished the middle, dropping our baits over what Harold said was the old streambed where a current of cooler water ran deep.
Fiction book (2002) -
We drove out to a gravel pit in a dry streambed, took giant shovels, and filled the bed of the truck with gravel.
Fiction book (1991) -
Today, these egg-containing streambed nests are preserved as irregular depressions, three to four feet across, in pink or gray sandstone.
Academic text (2002) -
As we hiked through the forest, we followed the trail that wound along the ancient streambed of a river long gone.
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After the heavy rain, we noticed how the streambed had changed shape, revealing new stones and debris.
Synonyms
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3.8
A deep narrow waterway that ships can use
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3.0
The ground at the bottom of a river where water flows
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3.4
The dry or wet bottom of a small stream where water flows
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2.9
The ground at the lowest part of a river channel where water flows
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4.8
A channel, natural or man-made, where water flows like a river
The natural channel that a river follows through the land
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word streambed comes from the parts stream and bed. Stream means 'flowing water' and bed means a 'place to lie', so a streambed is the ground where a stream lies or flows.