streambeds
Where water flows
The plural of streambed.
A streambed is the channel carved by a stream or river—the bottom and sides where water flows or once flowed.
During dry seasons, streambeds may be exposed, revealing rocks, sand, and sediment.
We hiked along the dry streambed, Gold prospectors searched the streambeds for nuggets.
Passage for transmission
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- siltWaterborne earth particles
- sandFine rock particles
- pebblesSmall water-smoothed stones
cobble · boulders · alluvium · deposits · clay · shingle · scour · downcutting
Unbroken forward movement
- currentDirected flow of charge
- meanderTo travel without direction
- banksFinancial institutions or riversides
- watershedDrainage area boundary
drainage · tributary · confluence · headwaters · watercourse · riparian · floodplain · runoff
Freshwater game fish
- crayfishFreshwater pinching crustacean
- musselsEdible marine bivalves
- algaePrimitive aquatic photosynthesizers
- tadpolesLarval amphibians
minnows · dragonflies · caddisflies · mayflies · salamanders · benthos · spawning · aquatic plants
Extremely dry or thirsty
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- dustyCoated with fine particles
- waterlessWithout any liquid
- sunbakedDried by solar heat
exposed · barren · drought · seasonal · desiccated · arid · arroyo · wadi
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- floodwatersOverflow from swollen waterways
- siltationAccumulation of fine waterborne particles
- scouredCleaned by hard rubbing
debris · high water · surging · torrential · deposition · reshaping · undercutting · shifting
channel
Passage for transmission
pebbles · cobble · boulders · alluvium · deposits · clay · shingle · scour · downcutting · erosion
flow
Unbroken forward movement
- currentDirected flow of charge
- meanderTo travel without direction
- banksFinancial institutions or riversides
watershed · drainage · tributary · confluence · headwaters · watercourse · riparian · floodplain · runoff · intermittent
trout
Freshwater game fish
- crayfishFreshwater pinching crustacean
- musselsEdible marine bivalves
- algaePrimitive aquatic photosynthesizers
tadpoles · minnows · dragonflies · caddisflies · mayflies · salamanders · benthos · spawning · aquatic plants · freshwater
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
sunbaked · exposed · barren · drought · seasonal · desiccated · arid · arroyo · wadi · wash
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- floodwatersOverflow from swollen waterways
- siltationAccumulation of fine waterborne particles
scoured · debris · high water · surging · torrential · deposition · reshaping · undercutting · shifting
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- dry channelswashes, arroyos, wadis, gullies, dry washes
- waterwaysriver, rivers, canal, canals, creek
- gem sourcesmines, riverbeds, geodes, mineral veins
- rockhoundingrock hammer, rock tumbler, geodes, quartz, agate
streambedsstreambanks
Edges of flowing waterways
riverbanks · banks · levees · embankments · water surface
streambedsridgelines
Mountain top edges
hilltops · peaks · ridges · summits · mountaintops