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  • backwater —   area of still water created by an impediment to drainage e.g. a sediment bar across an ox bow lake …   Geography glossary

  • Backwater Reservoir — Infobox lake lake name = Backwater Reservoir image lake = Backwater Reservoir A.jpg caption lake = The pumping house image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Angus, Scotland coords = coord|56.715|N|3.220|W|region:GB… …   Wikipedia

  • backwater — /bak waw teuhr, wot euhr/, n. 1. water held or forced back, as by a dam, flood, or tide. 2. a place or state of stagnant backwardness: This area of the country is a backwater that continues to resist progress. 3. an isolated, peaceful place. 4. a …   Universalium

  • backwater — back|wa|ter [ bæk,wɔtər ] noun singular 1. ) a place, situation, or organization in which nothing exciting or important happens, and in which people still have old fashioned ideas: The city was seen as a provincial backwater. 2. ) an area of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • backwater — UK [ˈbækˌwɔːtə(r)] / US [ˈbækˌwɔtər] noun [singular] 1) a place, situation, or organization in which nothing exciting or important happens, and in which people still have old fashioned ideas The city was seen as a provincial backwater. 2) an area …   English dictionary

  • backwater — 1) water turned back on its course by an obstruction or an opposing flow 2) the body or accumulation of water caused by the above especially when it overflows into lowlands 3) a stillwater section of a stream or river beside the main flow but… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • backwater — n. area of stagnant water formed by backflow from a body of water …   English contemporary dictionary

  • backwater — n 1. tidewater, marsh, swamp, bog; pool, water hole, pond, salt pond. 2. country, frontier, wilderness, bush; outpost, out of the way place, isolated area, no man s land, wasteland; wilds, hinterlands, woods, backwoods, Sl. the boondocks,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • Des Plaines Fish and Wildlife Area — IUCN Category IV (Habitat/Species Management Area) …   Wikipedia

  • Amherst-Plymouth Wildlife Management Area — Geobox|Protected Area name = Amherst Plymouth WMA native name = other name = category = Wildlife Management Area category iucn = iv etymology = official name = motto = nickname = image caption = The semi abandoned community park in Hometown is… …   Wikipedia

  • Intermediate Area — The Intermediate Area is an archaeological geographical area of the Americas that was defined in its clearest form by Gordon R. Willey in his 1971 book An Introduction to American Archaeology, Vol. 2: South America (Prentice Hall: Englewood… …   Wikipedia

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