backwater
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Twenty miles north of Dundee, Backwater Reservoir at Glenisla in Angus is less than half full.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
Below Backwater, at the foot of the Angus glens, lies the little town of Kirriemuir - best known as the birthplace of Peter Pan's creator, JM Barrie.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
At a public meeting on Thursday in Onward, Mississippi, experts from the Corps and the Environmental Protection Agency presented what they called a “preferred approach” to water management in the Yazoo Backwater area.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
The Corps of Engineers filed a public notice Thursday in the Federal Register saying it will prepare a new environmental impact statement for the Yazoo Backwater Area north of Vicksburg.
From Washington Times • Apr. 16, 2020
King Stannis had rowed his fleet up the Backwater, hot he would not row out again.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing backwater
Red Kayak
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This Week In Culture: October 19–25, 2019
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