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For instance, for an eruption scenario involving a lava flow, your escape route should avoid valleys and riverbeds.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
The teen girl's remains were identified after they were discovered in a riverbed in Santa Cruz, Calif. in 1995, according to the sheriff's office.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Twenty years after O’Malley first disappeared, unidentified partial skeletal remains were found in a riverbed off a highway, according to the sheriff’s office.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Three decades after remains were found in a California riverbed, they’ve been identified as a missing New York teenager, deputies say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
The teen girl's remains were identified after they were discovered in a riverbed in Santa Cruz, Calif. in 1995, according to the sheriff's office.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Twenty years after O’Malley first disappeared, unidentified partial skeletal remains were found in a riverbed off a highway, according to the sheriff’s office.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Three decades after remains were found in a California riverbed, they’ve been identified as a missing New York teenager, deputies say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverbed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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riverbed
noun
riv·er·bed
-ˌbed 
: the channel occupied or once occupied by a river
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