river bottoms
Fertile streamside lowlands
River bottoms are the low-lying, flat lands along a river, formed by flooding and sediment deposits over time.
The term refers to the floodplain rather than the riverbed itself.
These areas are typically fertile and often farmed: We planted cotton in the river bottoms.
In American English, especially in the South and Midwest, bottoms alone can carry this meaning.
- pebblesSmall water-smoothed stones
- alluviumWater-deposited loose sediment
- catfishBarbeled freshwater bottom-feeder
- siltWaterborne earth particles
- bankPlace holding deposits
oxbow lake · floodplain · cottonwoods · bottomland · flood stage · water · sand · muck · substrates · fluvial · sediment · mud · mussels · freshwater fish · bass fishing · channels · willows · roots
- Midwest naturetallgrass prairie, Great Lakes, Great Plains, bison, white-tailed deer
- watersoceans, seas, Red Sea, lakes, Black Sea
- badlandsbadlands, butte, buttes, mesa, hoodoo
- winter rangevalley floors
river bottomshighlands
Elevated, hilly land areas
bluffs · uplands · hilltops · ridges · mountaintops
river bottomsbluffs
Misleads about one's position
riverbanks · levees · terraces · river bluffs · headwaters
river, rivers, riverine, riverbed, riverbank, riverside, bottom, bottoms, bottomed