rivercourse

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English

Etymology

From river +‎ course.

Noun

rivercourse (plural rivercourses)

  1. The course of a river.
    • 1982, Michael Bishop, “Life in Shangri-la”, in No Enemy But Time, New York, N.Y.: Timescape, →ISBN, page 295:
      Now I was far more likely to dream about the fauna around Lake Kiboko, the wildflowers along the rivercourses, or my relationship with Helen.
    • 1995, Thomas Wharton, “Nunatak”, in Icefields, Edmonton, Alta.: NeWest Press, →ISBN, page 145:
      While he crouches on the hard clay of a dry rivercourse to eat his pack lunch, he thinks: If I had no other way to describe what I saw in the crevasse?
    • 2008, Jacques Marais, “Trekking, Hiking and Backpacking: Boot Camp”, in Great African Adventures: A Guide to the Mother Continent’s Ultimate Outdoor Adventures, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, →ISBN, page 80:
      So we shoulder our daypacks and trudge warily along the muddy rivercourse towards the tumbling snarl of the Kapichira Falls.
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