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Definition von durgun yer im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

backwater

The water held back by a dam or other obstruction

A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water

A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc

It's a volume for those who delight in exploring the backwaters of nineteenth-century opera.

To row or paddle a backwater stroke

To row in reverse, to slow or stop a boat, or to move the boat backwards

Water backed up or retarded in its course as compared with its normal or natural condition of flow In stream gaging, a rise in stage produced by a temporary obstruction such as ice or weeds, or by the flooding of the stream below The difference between the observed stage and that indicated by the stage-discharge relation, isreported as backwater

A backwater is a place that is isolated. a quiet rural backwater

a section of water with an elevation that is increased above normal because of a condition downstream (such as a flood or an ice jam) or because of stream-width contraction beneath a bridge)

An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction

Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar

(1) A small, generally shallow body of water attached to the main channel, with little or no current of its own, or (2) A condition in subcritical flow where the water surface elevation is raised by downstream flow impediments

To vacillate on a long-held position

to place a culvert or use a weir such that there will always be some depth of water within the culvert

Shallow,slow-moving water associated with a river but outside the river's main channel

disapproval If you refer to a place or institution as a backwater, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions. Britain could become a political backwater with no serious influence in the world

Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer

any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos

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