watercourse

1 SGWATERa place where water flows, for example a river or canal 水道；河道；渠道

chemicals that pollute the local watercourse

污染当地河道的化学品

2. DNTBa long thin hole for water to flow through 排水口

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watercourse• A large depression in the ground with a watercourse in which a certain amount of sluggish water stands.• A watercourse viewed primarily as an effluent carrier will be thought better able to tolerate further pollution.• Further stones can then be added around the edges to create a natural-looking watercourse.• Mens rea is not normally an issue in the case of pollution of watercourses when cause is to be established.• And here the cataract, fighting its way slowly upstream, encountered the subterranean remains of a much older watercourse.• Moving from research to teaching history is like moving from one watercourse to another..• The bridge spans the watercourse descending from Coire Mhic Nobuil in a very attractive setting, well seen from the parapet.

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