waterway

DEFINITIONS OF: waterway

Examples:: Cross-Florida Waterway
a waterway used by small boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee_Canal and the Caloosahatchee River; Inland Passage
a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska

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any small natural waterway; mare clausum
(closed sea) a navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of a single nation; mare liberum
(free sea) a navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access; rapid
a part of a river where the current is very fast

Type of:: body of water, water
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

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a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean; runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end; now little used; Caloosahatchee Canal
a canal that connects Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida to form part of the Cross-Florida Waterway; Gota Canal
a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden; Panama Canal
a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914); Grand Canal
an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China; extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south; Grand Canal
the major waterway in Venice, Italy; Suez Canal
a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea; Cape Cod Canal
a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay; Erie Canal
an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal; New York State Barge Canal
a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain

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long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation; flume
watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs; headrace
a waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine; tailrace
a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine; cut
a canal made by erosion or excavation; industrial watercourse
a canal that is operated by one or more industries; race, raceway
a canal for a current of water; ship canal, shipway
a canal large enough for seagoing vessels

Type of:: way
any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

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