watercourse
Example Sentences
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But decades of over-use, coupled with years of drought, have put crippling strain on a watercourse whose management has always been based on an over-allocation of available resources.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Some have even ditched fishing altogether because it is more profitable to sell the plastic waste they trawl out of the river, the world's second-most powerful watercourse after the Amazon.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The airport said in its email to Mr Thornley it was working with the EA, which was "now happy the issue had been resolved and there were no further impacts to the local watercourse".
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
This is intended to ensure that the effluent does no damage to the watercourse it flows into.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
The road was more like a watercourse than a highway.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
