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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Parts of watercourses
artesian well
basin
confluence
drainage basin
estuarine
firth
interbasin
interchannel
lock
lock-keeper
meander
midstream
mooring
mouth
narrows
reach
spring
subbasin
tributary
water table
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backwater | American Dictionary
backwater
noun[ C ]
us/ˈbækˌwɔ·t̬·ər, -ˌwɑt̬·ər/
a place that does not seem to know much about the world and its ways:
Miami transformed from a cultural backwater to a culinary trendsetter.