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watercourse

noun

ˈwȯ-tər-ˌkȯrs

Definition of watercourse

as in canal

an open man-made passageway for water the Erie Canal was the first watercourse to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes

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Recent Examples of watercourse The flash floods battered regions like Barrio de la Torre in Valencia, where narrow streets became lethal watercourses. — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 The Marin Municipal Water District completed Kent Lake in 1954 by enlarging a section of Lagunitas Creek’s watercourse and damming the creek’s flow. — Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024 The salmon were meant to be released in the Imnaha River, a 77-mile long watercourse in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024 And though the trickle of data from watercourses could be logged for much longer, that longevity came with risks. — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2015 See All Example Sentences for watercourse

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Authorities have also begun to reduce the daily number of ships that can transit the canal.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Amid concerns of a further reduction in precipitation and runoff, the canal operator has already imposed multiple draft restrictions for larger Neopanamax vessels to limit the amount of freight carried through the channel.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

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The Vigiles were also tasked with maintaining public order at night, and their nearby barracks used water from an aqueduct.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
The update will set rules for the Sacramento River and the rest of the Delta, where pumps operated by state and federal agencies send water flowing in aqueducts to farms and cities.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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