creek bottom

collocation in English

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creek
noun[C]
uk
/kriːk/us
/kriːk/
mainly UK
a narrow area of water that flows into the land from the sea, a ...
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bottom
noun
uk
/ˈbɒt.əm/us
/ˈbɑː.t̬əm/
the lowest part ...
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(Definition ofcreekandbottomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this area, cornfields were scattered about in thecreekbottom.
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They have great mountain views, and there are numerous meadows and irrigatedcreekbottomareas.
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Over many millenniums, this greater seasonal discharge eroded and widened thecreekbottomso it became flat enough for a team and wagon to traverse.
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He rode to the rear of the column and then back to thecreekbottom.
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After going 15 miles up thecreekbottom, the freighters encountered long steep grades.
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Carr thought he might be returning to thecreekbottomto get some of his family or friends.
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Mayhaws grow in moist soil in river and creek bottoms under hardwood trees.
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The creek bottoms are wooded with cottonwood, elm, and hackberry.
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Cedars most often grow in the creek bottoms while others are spread throughout the landscape.
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From the spring through fall snakes must be able to travel from sandhill communities and upland pine-hardwood communities to creek bottoms and agricultural fields.
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The hilly terrain is mostly covered with second-growth mixed hardwoods, with some open creek bottoms and ridgetops.
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It is primarily an upland forest dominated by loblolly pine on the ridges with hardwoods found along the creek bottoms and in scattered upland coves.
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The next century brought farmsteads on these naturally drained wetland creek bottoms.
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Since there was not enough farm land on the ridge tops and in the creek bottoms, trees were eliminated on the sides of hills.
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Small abandoned gold mines can be found in creek bottoms throughout the area.
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