river-plain

After some days, the barbarian army was descried coming down the Silenos river-plain.

The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978

The hills had grown much higher and come closer to the river-plain; up the gullies I would catch now and then an aged and uncouth bridge with a hut near it all built of enduring stone: part of the hills.

The Path to Rome Hilaire Belloc 1911

In the marine formations are found the fossil remains of the sea-animals of the period; in the coast and delta formations are the remains of those which inhabited the marshes and forests of the coast regions; while the animals of the dryland, of plains and upland, left their remains in the river-plain formations.

Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections William Diller Matthew 1900

Manyuen — or, to use the name by which it is better known to foreigners, Manwyne — is a large and straggling town overlooking the river-plain.

AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

The mud villages were far apart on the margin of the river-plain, inclosed with superb hedges of living bamboo.

AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 1895

A low wooded ridge bounded the river-plain to the south and south-east, whence we had come, and a few low houses lay about its feet and up its slope.

News from Nowhere 1892

The mud villages were far apart on the margin of the river-plain, inclosed with superb hedges of living bamboo.

An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma George Ernest Morrison 1891

Manwyne -- is a large and straggling town overlooking the river-plain.

An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma George Ernest Morrison 1891

A low wooded ridge bounded the river-plain to the south and south-east, whence we had come, and a few low houses lay about its feet and up its slope.

News From Nowhere, or, An Epoch of Rest [a machine-readable transcription] 1890

It is remarkable that the smallest of all -- the Hapali pygmaeus, measuring only seven inches in length of body -- is among the most widely dispersed, having found its way into Mexico: the only monkey known to have wandered far from the great river-plain.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847