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Definition of River boulder
1. Noun. A boulder that has been carried by a river to a place remote from its place of origin.
Lexicographical Neighbors of River Boulder
Literary usage of River boulder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Geological Survey of Canada (1906)
"Below Snake river boulder clay lies on the underlying rocks only here and there
in patches, and always very thin, scarcely ever exceeding ten feet in ..."
2. Annual Report (new Series). by Geological Survey of Canada (1906)
"Below Snake river boulder clay lies on the underlying rocks only here and there
in patches, and always very thin, scarcely ever exceeding ten feet in ..."
3. Annual Report (new Series).: Volume I-XVI...1885-1904 by Geological Survey of Canada (1896)
"On the Finlay River, boulder-clay is scarce below Deserter's Canon. The river in
this stretch is bordered for long distances by banks of alluvial clays and ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"Granite boulder Spheroidal basalt Junction of granite and Silurian rocks Moraine,
cut through by river Boulder clay on Trias Boulder clay Current bedded ..."
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