as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water
the Erie Canal was superseded by a much larger waterway, the New York State Barge Canal
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Due to their widespread use in consumer products, forever chemicals have been discharged into waterways by chemical manufacturers; trucked to landfills with household trash; or flushed into city sewers via toilets, sinks, showers and washing machines.
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Alejandra Martinez, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
The average turnaround time for vessels at India’s 12 major ports has declined by nearly half (48.7 percent) from 93.6 hours in 2013-2014 to 48.1 hours in 2023-2024, announced India’s minister of ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
Vessels assigned to the Russian military also use the waterway for transit to and from their base in the country's Far East region in the event of overseas deployment.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Torrents of poisonous sludge pouring through collapsed tailings dams have contaminated waterways in Brazil, Canada, and elsewhere and killed hundreds of people—in addition to the hundreds, possibly thousands, of miners who die in workplace accidents each year.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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Alejandra Martinez, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
The average turnaround time for vessels at India’s 12 major ports has declined by nearly half (48.7 percent) from 93.6 hours in 2013-2014 to 48.1 hours in 2023-2024, announced India’s minister of ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
Vessels assigned to the Russian military also use the waterway for transit to and from their base in the country's Far East region in the event of overseas deployment.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Torrents of poisonous sludge pouring through collapsed tailings dams have contaminated waterways in Brazil, Canada, and elsewhere and killed hundreds of people—in addition to the hundreds, possibly thousands, of miners who die in workplace accidents each year.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Waterway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterway. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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