Example sentences for: riverbeds

How can you use “riverbeds” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Between two streams — ribeiras (riverbeds) that carry excess water down from the mountains to the sea — is Rua Dr. Fernão Ornelas, a street lined with old shops that leads to Funchal’s certral market.

  • In Kenya, people have reported using sisal bundles stuffed into cracks to keep out mosquitoes [ 19 ] . Throughout Africa, communities report burning organic material, such as dung, wheat, wood from the Neem tree, and leaves to produce smoke, on the grounds that smoke repels mosquitoes [ 20 ] . Other communities have reported using permethrin-impregnated sisal curtains to protect themselves [ 21 ] . Semi-nomadic Samburu herdsmen reportedly cover themselves in the sand of dry riverbeds at night, while travelling through areas where the abundance of mosquitoes is particularly bothersome (M.

  • The Sierra de Alhamilla is a desert of barren mountains, rocky ravines, and dry gravel riverbeds; spiky agave plants and prickly pears are the only vegetation.


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