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streambed
(redirected from creek bed)

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streambed

 or stream channel

Any long, narrow, sloping depression on land that had been shaped by flowing water. Streambeds can range in width from a few feet for a brook to several thousand feet for the largest rivers. The channel may or may not contain flowing water at any given time; some carry water only occasionally. Streambeds may be cut in bedrock or through sand, clay, silt, or other unconsolidated materials.



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The 2B design concept, however, does have some trade-offs, including the large parking area to serve the major tenant at the southern end; no easy connection with City Park; and no apparent solution for keep the Amargosa dry creek bed in a natural state, something that had been sought by trails advocates and those concerned about the elimination of an area of potential groundwater recharge.
The dispatcher urged Theresa not to get or use a gun, but Theresa got her gun, and while the dispatcher continued talking, Theresa and Hershall caught up with Campbell as he tried to cross a creek bed and captured him.
The zone is a dried up creek bed full of rocks in a remote desert of southern California.
 
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