watercourse
noun
, ˈwä-\
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aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, course, flume, racecourse, raceway, waterway
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Wheelabrator plans to monitor 26 test plots around the landfill, the old town landfill, and nearby watercourses for pollution. — Denise Coffey, courant.com, "IWC Holds Hearing On Ash Landfill Expansion," 19 Aug. 2019 Several sections of the Watercourse Ordinance state specific amounts of fines to be levied for violations of watercourse maintenance. — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, "County staff share guidelines for cleaning creek," 25 July 2019 The series of garden rooms includes a Red Garden just off the house's Red Gallery, the Cloister Garden, the Topiary Garden, a half-mile-long watercourse, and a theater for outdoor concerts. — Melissa Biggs Bradley, House Beautiful, "William Christie on Reviving a 16th-Century French Estate," 1 Sep. 2013 The History Saddle River and Upper Saddle River are named for the watercourse that runs through the towns. — Julie Lasky, New York Times, "Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Quiet and Neat as a Pin," 20 June 2018 Researchers hope to grow the moss in streams and other watercourses with high levels of arsenic. — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, "This Moss Naturally Clears Arsenic From Water," 22 Apr. 2018 To spend much time along the route of any watercourse is to recognize the variety of objects either stuck along the banks, bobbing in a backwater, or flowing with the current. — Martin Weil, Washington Post, "Half a dozen dockless bikes found in Rock Creek on Saturday," 18 Apr. 2018 He was involved in the Inland Wetlands Act of 1972, which put regulations in place regarding activities that affected Connecticut wetlands and watercourses. — Denise Coffey, courant.com, "Mr. Conservation: John Hibbard Worked For Decades To Preserve Connecticut’s Farmland, Parks, Forests," 29 Mar. 2018 Follow the watercourse from the inland valleys all the way out to Jenner, where the river spills into the Pacific, for a crash course in wine country’s allure. — Sunset, "How to Boat Camp the Russian River," 22 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'watercourse.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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