creek bed

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The ground at the bottom of a creek.

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  • We found some smooth, flat stones in the dry creek bed.
  • The creek bed was littered with colorful pebbles and fallen leaves.
  • The children loved to splash around in the shallow water covering the creek bed.
  • Geologists studied the sediment layers exposed in the ancient creek bed.
  • During the drought, we walked along the dry creek bed as a shortcut through the woods.
  • Heavy rains had scoured the creek bed, revealing the bedrock underneath.
  • The storm turned the dusty creek bed into a raging torrent.
  • You can often see deer tracks in the soft mud of the creek bed.
  • Fossils are sometimes discovered when a creek bed is eroded by flooding.
  • Sunlight filtered through the canopy, dappling the rocky creek bed below.