riverbank

Example Sentences

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"We also want to remind people to keep away from swollen riverbanks and not to drive or walk through flood waters as you don't know what lies beneath," said Richard Preece from the organisation.

From BBC

The time he dove in too close to the riverbank and got trapped in tree roots.

From Los Angeles Times

Embankments were strengthened last year ahead of the flooding, helping to avert a bigger disaster, and riverbanks breached by floods have been repaired and reinforced.

From Seattle Times

On the riverbanks are cement plants and bulbous tanks to store imported gas.

From New York Times

The judge's action came just over a month after the Bad River Band told him an immediate shutdown was needed following heavy spring rains that eroded a riverbank protecting the pipe.

From Reuters