natural watercourse

natural watercourse
Any well defined channel or arroyo in which surface waters flow in times of heavy rain, irrespective of the fact that the land is cultivated in dry seasons or that in certain places the water of the depression spreads out and no longer flows in a definite channel. Anno: 81 ALR 266. A river or other natural stream, as distinguished from an artificial channel. 56 Am J1st Wat § 6. A stream usually flowing in a particular direction, in a definite channel, and discharging into some other stream or body of water, exclusive of a course conducting surface water from a higher to a lower level. Lambert v Alcorn, 144 Ill 313, 33 NE 53. A stream does not lose its character as a natural watercourse, because in times of drought the flow may be diminished, or temporarily suspended. It is sufficient if it is usually a stream of running water. Barkley v Wilcox, 86 NY 140, 143.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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