Backwater

Backwater

(1) A body of water held back from its natural course by some obstruction such as a contrary current, dam, etc.

(2) A region affected by water held back from its natural course by some obstruction.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Earth science
Category: Mapping science
Company: American Congress on Surveying & Mapping
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

backwater

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) A body of water held back from its natural course by some obstruction such as a contrary current, dam, etc. (2) A region affected by water held back from its natural course ...

backwater

Geography; Physical geography

Area of still water created by an impediment to drainage e.g. A sediment bar across an ox-bow lake.

backwater

Construction; Surveying

The rise in water surface elevation caused by some obstruction such as a narrow bridge opening, buildings or fill material that limits the area through which the water shall flow.

backwater

Weather; Meteorology

Accumulation of water resulting from an obstruction, limited downstream channel capacity, high tide, or high stages in a connecting stream.

backwater

Engineering; Civil engineering

A small, generally shallow body of water with little or no current of its own. Stagnant water in a small stream or inlet. Water moved backward or held back by a dam, tide, etc.

backwater

Fishing; Fishing

shallow area off a river.

subtropical

Earth science; Mapping science

Relating to the warmest region of the Temperate Zones that border on the Torrid Zone.

sky

Earth science; Mapping science

The region above and beyond the Earth, as it is seen looking up from the ground. Sky looks blue during the day and dark at night.

South Pole

Earth science; Mapping science

The most southern point of the Earth. The South Pole is the southern end of the axis on which the Earth rotates.

prime meridian

Earth science; Mapping science

The line of longitude that passes through the town of Greenwich, England, and that measures 0 degree. It is the line from which other longitude lines are measured.

planet

Earth science; Mapping science

A celestial body revolving around a sun in a nearly circular orbit. This definition excludes comets, which have highly elliptical orbits. However, it may also exclude some of ...

area of error

Earth science; Mapping science

A figure within which the true location of a point whose location has been determined by measurement is believed to lie, with stated degree of probability.