watercourse

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According to the Environment Agency, electric bikes pose a pollution risk because the batteries contain substances that can enter a watercourse if they remain submerged in water.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

This is intended to ensure that the effluent does no damage to the watercourse it flows into.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

The no-nonsense explorer said this with a matter-of-fact confidence, and it took a moment to realize which watercourse he was referencing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023

Combing through tens of thousands of river images by hand, Dethier and colleagues pinpointed where sediment loads begin to rise along each watercourse.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2023

The road was more like a watercourse than a highway.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman