The watercourse is to the biosphere what blood circulation is to a human being.
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Watercourse
Synonyms for "watercourse" (192 found)
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Noun(32 words)
creek bedcrickculvertdongadraindry bedductflowing streamflumefluviationfreshfreshetgillgulchgullygullyholeheadraceirrigation ditchkilllazy stream
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meandering stream
Adjective(4 words)
dutch waterwaysfrench canalgerman wasserwegmajor waterway
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Noun(57 words)
Adjective(1 words)
navigable waterway
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5 entriesartificial watercoursenatural watercoursewatercourse bedwatercourse erosionwatercourse map
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The Grand Canal is Venice's main watercourse.
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It is a wide watercourse which, after rain, stretches out unrestrained at many places in its course into a series of shallow swamps and clay-banked waterholes.
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