Floodway

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.

    "Since 2005 the governments of Manitoba and Canada have spent $665 million to double the capacity of the floodway and to reinforce bridges, control gates and dikes."

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"Since 2005 the governments of Manitoba and Canada have spent $665 million to double the capacity of the floodway and to reinforce bridges, control gates and dikes."

Etymology

From flood + way.

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