The bed of the river is gravelly, or composed of waterworn stones, which diminish in size as you recede from the mountains. |
Seaside and river gravel, which is composed usually of rounded, waterworn pebbles, is unfit for surfacing roads. |
After scratching our way over a metre downwards through the shingle, we finally hit the waterworn rocks of the early Carboniferous. |
The houses are generally built of waterworn stones, without cement, but plastered with mud outside and inside. |
Swallow-holes or waterworn caverns are common in many parts of the limestone region. |
This ware is characterized by a dull, reddish-pink body, usually dark-gray at the core, and by a gross waterworn gravel temper. |