streambed (redirected from stream channel)

stream·bed  (strmbd)

n.

The channel through which a natural stream of water runs or used to run.

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Noun

1.

streambed - a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream creek bed bed, bottom - a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" dry wash, wash - the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)