low water

noun

: a low stage of the water in a river or lake

also : low tide

Examples of low water in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Romania, persistently low water levels on the Danube have left insufficient water for cooling at a nuclear power plant. — CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

The Tiber’s low water level has also turned up e-bikes and scooters, refrigerators and even a car further upstream. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

My fear is that due to the low water level, predators will attack the beavers and spread disease. — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026

But the drought is still hitting home with record-low water levels on the Danube River disrupting grain transport, causing chronically congested terminals and an increasing pileup of crops with nowhere to go. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for low water

• backwater
• bathwater
• blackwater
• breakwater
• deepwater
• edgewater
• feedwater
• floodwater
• freshwater
• granddaughter
• groundwater
• headwater