creek beds
Where creeks flow
Creek beds are the channels along which creeks flow—the bottom and sides that contain the water.
When a creek dries up seasonally, the exposed bed remains: We walked along the dry creek bed, stepping over smooth stones.
Creek beds are typically lined with sand, gravel, or rocks worn smooth by moving water.
- dry washRiverbed lacking water
- dry riverbedChannel without current water
- pebblesSmall water-smoothed stones
- wadiIntermittent desert watercourse
- arroyoSeasonal desert watercourse
smooth stones · channel · sandy bottom · gravel · streambed · alluvium · sediments · silt · mineral deposits · floodplains · creekside · erosion · bayou · watershed · running water · ecosystems · habitats · tributaries
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- rural Midwestcornfields, grain elevators, farms, family farms, silos
- dry channelswashes, arroyos, wadis, gullies, dry washes
- KlondikeKlondike, stampeders, sourdoughs, sourdough, gold claims
- Ohio outdoorsstate parks, nature preserves, Lake Erie, Ohio River, gorges
- bear habitatsboreal forest, taiga, den, coniferous forest, pine forest
creek bedscreek banks
Edges of small waterways
stream banks · riverbanks · embankments · levees · shorelines
creek bedshilltops
Summits of small elevations
ridgelines · peaks · summits · highlands · uplands
creek bedsdesert floor
Dry landscape's base level
arid land · dry land · parched earth · badlands · hardpan