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
This is intended to ensure that the effluent does no damage to the watercourse it flows into.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
Some advocates have suggested restoring Mexico City’s last remaining natural watercourse, the Magdalena River, but that would have to contend with pollution along the river’s entire length from its source west of the capital.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
The road was more like a watercourse than a highway.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
