watercourse

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, 13 NW2d 160, 160 ALR 1154; Re Johnson Creek, 159 Wash 629, 294 P 566. A physical condition created by a stream having a well-defined and substantial existence. Chicago Rock Island & Pacific R. Co. v Groves, 20 Okla 101, 93 P 755. For some purposes, any well-defined channel or arroyo in which surface waters flow in times of heavy rains. Croeger v Twin Buttes R. Co. 13 Ariz 348, 114 P 553 (application of statute prohibiting obstruction of watercourses). See artificial watercourse.

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