A part of a river that has little or no flow (current) [usually a side-branch that gets inflows only periodically].
Insufficient evaporation.
yes
dwarf gouramis live in sluggish backwaters of northern India
dwarf gouramis live in sluggish backwaters of northern India
Indeed, there are plenty of places to relax in India. I like Kerela, due to the backwaters.
Yes, their native habitat is the backwaters of slow moving streams and also in rice paddies in Thailand and Cambodia.
To move in a stealthy manner.
The cast of Backwaters - 2006 includes: Jason Flemyng as Jason Weiss Gulshan Grover as Suresh Menon Milind Gunaji as Thomas Varghese Nicholas Irons as Andy Becker Andrew MacBean as Dr. Grant Tamzin Outhwaite as Lili Taylor Sandra Teles as Sara Varghese
The strongest current in a river system is in the main flow. There is less current in eddies and backwaters.
Possibly but river animals usually manage to find sheltered backwaters when the water starts to rise.
The opening line of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams is: "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun."
The phrase "far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end" is from the novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. It describes the remote and obscure location of Earth in the vast universe. The book is a comedic science fiction classic that follows the adventures of Arthur Dent and his alien friend Ford Prefect as they navigate space and absurdity.