artificial — ar·ti·fi·cial adj 1 a: made by humans artificial accessions compare natural b: caused or produced by a human and esp. social or political agency an artificial price advantage 2: arising through operation of law … Law dictionary
watercourse — A stream of water flowing in a definite direction or course in a bed with banks. A natural channel, having a well defined existence, with running water supplied from a definite source. Snyder v Platte Valley Pub. Power & Irrig. Dist. 144 Neb 308 … Ballentine's law dictionary
artificial levee — An artificial embankment constructed along the bank of a watercourse or an arm of the sea, to protect land from inundation or to confine streamflow to its channel. GG … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
watercourse — noun Date: 1510 1. a natural or artificial channel through which water flows 2. a stream of water (as a river, brook, or underground stream) … New Collegiate Dictionary
watercourse — noun any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows … Wiktionary
watercourse — n. 1 a brook, stream, or artificial water channel. 2 the bed along which this flows … Useful english dictionary
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 … Ballentine's law dictionary
sluiceway — Artificial watercourse, usually constructed for taking water from a natural watercourse for use in mining or industry. A sluiceway over reclaimed flats, through which the tide ebbs and flows, is not a watercourse. Chamberlain v Hemingway, 63 Conn … Ballentine's law dictionary
aqueduct — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. watercourse, culvert. See passage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. conduit, water system, water passage, canal, duct, channel, artificial watercourse, waterworks, water bridge, pipeline, culvert. III (Roget s … English dictionary for students
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
