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watercourses

noun

plural of watercourse

as in canals

an open man-made passageway for water the Erie Canal was the first watercourse to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes

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Recent Examples of watercourses At the same time, there are riparian natives — those that grow along watercourses — which may need regular attention in terms of water needs for many years after planting. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025

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In antiquity, Rome’s aqueducts and China’s canals and flood-control works were the pipelines of centuries of hegemony.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Much of it flows through the Central Arizona Project, the series of canals that run from the river to the Phoenix and Tucson areas.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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In antiquity, Rome’s aqueducts and China’s canals and flood-control works were the pipelines of centuries of hegemony.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Arizona faces especially large cutbacks because the CAP isn’t nearly as old as other aqueducts, giving it low-priority water rights and putting it among the first in line for cuts.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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