Definition of watercourse Watercourse

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We found 6 definitions of watercourse from 4 different sources.

What does watercourse mean?

Noun Plural: watercourses
watercourse - a conduit through which water flows
		waterway
		way a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
		canal 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
watercourse - natural or artificial channel through which water flows
watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
		stream
		body of water, water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
		branch a division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages"
		brook, creek a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"
		crossing, ford traveling across
		headstream a stream that forms the source of a river
		meander a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
		midstream the middle of a stream
		river a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
		rivulet, runnel, streamlet, rill, run a small stream

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watercourse (Noun)
Any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.

watercourse
A natural stream arising in a given drainage basin but not wholly dependent for its flow on surface drainage in its immediate area, flowing in a channel with a well-defined bed between visible banks or through a definite depression in the land, having a definite and permanent or periodic supply of water, and usually, but not necessarily, having a perceptible current in a particular direction and discharging at a fixed point into another body of water.\n(Source: BJGEO)