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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watercourse
Noun
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Most other luxury properties consist of a series of interconnected canal houses that require navigating stairs everywhere, including in the hallways, to get around.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The Tarrant Regional Water District is also working on a canal system that will serve as a public amenity and a flood control mechanism.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
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Despite the dilapidated state, the couple fell in love with its ancient olive trees, a creek and a network of aqueducts winding through the fields.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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The rolling landscape, nestled between a nature preserve and a cattle ranch, had silvery groves of ancient olive trees, a meandering creek, and a network of antique aqueducts snaking through the fields.—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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“Watercourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watercourse. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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