Backwaters Definition

Backwaters Sentence Examples

• On the west a series of small lakes and backwaters receives water from the Juba during the rains.

• Between Lechlade and Oxford the main channel sends off many narrow branches; the waters of the Windrush are similarly distributed, and the branches in the neighbourhood of Oxford form the picturesque "backwaters" which only light pleasure boats can penetrate.

• These form the Cochin backwaters, which consist of shallow lagoons lying behind the beach-line and below its level.

• Birds leave the slow moving river backwaters and streams and tend to move nearer to the coast for the winter.

• Adjoining the lower Tana are many backwaters, which seem to show that the course has been subject to great changes.