navigable
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The Panama Canal relies on rainwater for its complex system of locks, which lifts ships almost 90 feet above sea level onto a navigable waterway, and then lowers them at the other end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
"In principle, this means the Rhine is no longer continuously navigable and thus divided in two."
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
On Friday, the navigable water depth at the chokepoint of Kaub near Koblenz hit the 2018 record low of 25cm, before recovering slightly on Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Left to drift, it ossifies into a maze navigable only by the already-established.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
From talking with the patients I’ve gotten passably fluent in Lingala, which is spoken throughout northern Congo, in Léopoldville, and along most of the navigable rivers.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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