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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 That episode led to the diversion of the Turia watercourse, which meant that a large part of the city was spared of these floods. — Teresa Medrano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for watercourse

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Sites is planned 17 miles west of the river itself, and will draw water through a system of canals and pipes to fill the reservoir.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
To prepare, cities have deployed an arsenal of weapons against the floods, including sandbags, water pumps, sand berms and drainage canals.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

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The update approved Thursday sets 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, 30 Oct. 2026
Since 2003, the city has used its excess Colorado River water, which flows to the city through a 326-mile network of aqueducts, to recharge the Avra Valley aquifer.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

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