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watercourse

 
Dictionary: wa·ter·course   ('tər-kôrs', -kōrs', wŏt'ər-) pronunciation
n.
  1. A natural or artificial channel through which water flows.
  2. A stream or river.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: natural or artificial channel through which water flows

Meaning #2: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
  Synonym: stream

Meaning #3: a conduit through which water flows
  Synonym: waterway


Wikipedia: Watercourse
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A watercourse is any flowing body of water. These include rivers, streams, brooks, anabranches, and so forth.

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Translations: Watercourse
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vandløb, flod, lemmergat

Nederlands (Dutch)
waterloop, wetering, rivier, kanaal

Français (French)
n. - cours d'eau

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wasserlauf, Flußbett

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ροή ύδατος, νεροσυρμή, κοίτη, χείμαρρος, δίαυλος, πλωτό κανάλι

Italiano (Italian)
corso d'acqua

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rio (m)

Русский (Russian)
поток, ручей, канал, русло, водоток

Español (Spanish)
n. - corriente de agua, lecho, cauce, canal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vattendrag

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
水道, 河道

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 水道, 河道

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 물의 흐름, 강, 운하

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 水流, 川, 水路, 運河

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قناة, مجرى مائي, نهر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נחל, תעלה, אפיק-מים‬


 
 

 

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