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.