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riverbottom†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the low-lying land adjacent to a river, usually of rich soil because of alluvial deposits left by spring freshets.
See: interval
Quotations
1912
Raven is just ahead in the woods there alone and the Indian is further back with a bunch of ponies down in the riverbottom.
1963
He may also be reworking bars or sections of riverbottom which are only exposed at low water or taking up bedrock which has been made workable by recent weathering.