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navigable

adjective as in traversable

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The U.S. has been arguing for 53 years now over the definition of two words in the 1972 Clean Water Act: “navigable waters.”

Stretching from Alaska to the pencil tip of Argentina, the 48,000km-long Pan-American Highway holds the record for the world's longest road navigable by motor vehicle.

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Ben Cottam is the director of the Canal and River Trust for Wales which looks after navigable canals and waterways.

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They have sections of challenging rapids, but are usually only navigable for two or three months in early summer, according to Briancon's official website.

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Some are navigable, as we saw in “Six Feet Under.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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