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river boulder

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Noun1.river boulder - a boulder that has been carried by a river to a place remote from its place of originriver boulder - a boulder that has been carried by a river to a place remote from its place of origin
boulder, bowlder - a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin


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The pounding water, the huge river boulders and the wooded cliffs of the gorge make a wonderful sight Parts of this track used to be quite tricky, particularly one spot where you had to negotiate your way around a big slab of rock just above the torrent.
The work consists of 44 tons of river boulders and 30 bronze castings, which were done at Eugene's Reinmuth Bronze Foundry.
Yet, while the concrete may have been relatively new, the stones themselves were prepared in traditional fashion, by laboriously hacking rounded river boulders flat so that they could be incorporated into rectilinear masonry.
 
 
 
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