A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current. It can refer to a branch of a main river, which lies alongside it and then rejoins...

Look up backwater or back water in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Backwater or Backwaters may refer to: Backwaters (album), a 1982 album by American...

both man made and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves...

community. The Yazoo Backwater Area is protected from flooding by the Mississippi River Levee along the Mississippi River and the Yazoo Backwater Levee along the...

Close to the town of Sargur it forms the huge Kabini Reservoir. The backwaters of the Kabini reservoir are very rich in wildlife especially in summer...

Hennerton Backwater is a narrow backwater of the River Thames on the reach above Marsh Lock near the villages of Shiplake, Oxfordshire and Wargrave, Berkshire...

coast in the western region and empty either into backwaters or Arabian Sea there. The longer rivers have several tributaries and streams too. The Western...

Kavvayi Backwaters located near Payyanur is the third largest backwater in Kerala and the largest one in north Kerala. The Kavvayi Kayal (backwaters) is dotted...

Many parts of the area are directly connected to the backwaters with a network of canals. The river bifurcates near Aluva into two major distributaries;...

drums on "Backwater", and German ambient music group Cluster contributed to the songwriting and instrumentation of the track "By This River". Eno had...

bar growth, differences in direction of bifurcated river flows from compound bar shapes and backwater effects also influence the evolution of the braided...

The song "Backwater Blues" is a blues and jazz standard written by Bessie Smith. Smith (on vocal with James P. Johnson on piano) recorded it as "Back-water...

"backwater" or "tide covered with froth". Captain John Smith was the first European to explore the river, noting it on his 1612 map as the Bolus River...

maintains spillways and floodways to divert periodic water surges into backwater channels and lakes, as well as route part of the Mississippi's flow into...

The River Thames (/tɛmz/ TEMZ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215...

containing small lakes and backwaters connected to the river during the rainy season. During the rainy season, the river rises as much as 10 metres (33 ft)...

the Shanghai concessions subsequently turned it into a backwater, Yangzhou was the lower river's principal port for much of the Qing dynasty, directing...

The Pearl River is a river in the U.S. states of Mississippi and Louisiana. It forms in Neshoba County, Mississippi from the confluence of Nanih Waiya...

city of Kottayam (10 kilometres (6 mi)), in Kerala, India, known for its backwater tourism. It is set in the backdrop of the Vembanad Lake, the largest lake...

tributaries of the River Thames from the sea to the source, in England. There are also secondary lists of backwaters of the river itself and the waterways...

long, making it the longest lake in the country. The area of Vembanad backwater shrunk from 230 km2 in 1968 to 179.25 km2 as of 1983. The lake is bordered...

part of the former river bed have been kept in the form of backwaters. These activities were cofinanced by the European Union. The river gives its name to...

The River Wye is a river in Buckinghamshire, England. It takes its name from the town of High Wycombe through which it flows, rather than the town being...

northwards before turning southwards, forming lagoon-like expanses and backwaters and receiving from the north several tributaries. In flood time there...

Pamba River (also called Pampa River) is the longest river in the Indian state of Kerala after Periyar and Bharathappuzha, and the longest river in the...

river or Thattar river emerges from the Cheemeni Kunnu at elevation 114 m. above MSL having the length of 31 km and join directly to Kavvai backwater...

States, including pools, backwaters, glides, runs, shoals, riffles, torrents, cascades, chutes, rapids and waterfalls. The river is a highly productive...

finally Joins Kodungallur Backwaters and Join Arabian sea at Azhekode. The Parambikulam Dam has been built on the Parambikulam River, one of its four tributaries...

concludes that Mehrgarh has an earlier local background, and is not a "'backwater' of the Neolithic culture of the Near East". Lukacs and Hemphill suggest...

channels (backwaters), particularly in and around Oxford and the non-village channel of Ashton Keynes — these are not listed. The river's lower estuary...