text: # riverbed
  
  ## Anglais
  
  ### Étymologie
  
      Composé de river et de bed.
  
  ### Nom commun
  
  riverbed
  
  * (Hydrologie) Lit d’une rivière.
     * At first, people panned for nuggets of metal-rich stones in riverbeds (known as straming), then they began open-cast mining for the rocks (digging out the ore in large open pits), and eventually started to dig underground following the veins (or lodes). — (Mary-Ann Ochota, Hidden Histories : A Spotter’s Guide to the British Landscape, Frances Lincoln, 2018, page 56)
  
  **Variantes orthographiques**
  
  * river-bed
  * river bed
  
  **Synonymes**
  
  * stream bed
  
  ### Prononciation
  
  * (Received Pronunciation) \ˈɹɪv.əˌbɛd\
  * (General American) \ˈɹɪv.ɚˌbɛd\
  * (General Australian) \ˈɹɪv.əˌbed\
  