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- noun Plural form of
watercourse .
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Examples
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By the divisions -- that is, the watercourses which descend from the eastern hills unto the Jordan and Dead Sea.
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It seemed that every few weeks I was making the long drive to Denver International, flying east in late afternoon over the tight irrigation circles below, over the veined watercourses in the hills, the dull purple and brown land flattening and dark.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Designed by West 8, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Rogers Marvel Architects, the project is a hybrid of landscape and architecture based around a sinuous set of new paths, watercourses, restaurants, aquaria and even complimentary wooden bicycles.
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Small rough stones came from the high passes of Yosemite, and rounded stones came from its watercourses and waterfalls.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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If they add keels to their snowboards, at least they could surf down the watercourses.
Think Progress » After warmest January in history, Vancouver airlifts in snow for Winter Olympics. 2010
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Uluru has its pools and twisting watercourses down the huge body of the rock; the cliff has the river at its foot.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Uluru has its pools and twisting watercourses down the huge body of the rock; the cliff has the river at its foot.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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It seemed that every few weeks I was making the long drive to Denver International, flying east in late afternoon over the tight irrigation circles below, over the veined watercourses in the hills, the dull purple and brown land flattening and dark.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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It seemed that every few weeks I was making the long drive to Denver International, flying east in late afternoon over the tight irrigation circles below, over the veined watercourses in the hills, the dull purple and brown land flattening and dark.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Uluru has its pools and twisting watercourses down the huge body of the rock; the cliff has the river at its foot.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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