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navigable Definition of navigable for English Language Learners : deep and wide enough for boats and ships to travel on or through : capable of being navigated NAVIGABLE Defined for Kids
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inaccessible inaccessible. adjective out-of-reach, remote, out-of-the-way, unattainable, impassable, unreachable, unapproachable, un-get-at-able (informal) people living in remote and inaccessible parts of the country. accessible, approachable, attainable, reachable.
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ferry To cross a body of water on or as if on a ferry. 2. To move laterally in a fast-moving river, as in a canoe, by keeping one's boat at an angle to the direction of flow and paddling or rowing against the current.
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strait Strait definition, Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water. See more.
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ferry ferry. 1  a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water. 2  a ferryboat. 3  a service for flying airplanes over a particular route, especially the delivery of airplanes to an overseas purchaser or base of operations.
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Navigability Navigability depends on context: A small river may be navigable by smaller craft, such as a motor boat or a kayak, but unnavigable by a cruise ship. Shallow rivers may be made navigable by the installation of locks that increase and regulate water depth, or by dredging.
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- In·tra·coas·tal Waterway. A system of artificial and natural channels and canals along the eastern and southeast coasts of the United States. It includes the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and affords sheltered passage for commercial and pleasure craft.
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- When preparing a tooth for a traditional crown, the enamel may be totally removed and the finished preparation should, thus, exist primarily in dentin. As elaborated on below, the amount of tooth structure required to be removed will depend on the material(s) being used to restore the tooth.
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aground aground. adv, adj. 1. (postpositive) on or onto the ground or bottom, as in shallow water. (əˈgraʊnd). adv., adj.
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Definitions &Translations A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or sea.
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Library (major rivers in the south, such as the Wouri and the Sanaga, are largely non-navigable; in the north, the Benue, which connects through Nigeria to the Niger River, is navigable in the rainy season only to the port of Garoua) (2010).4,725 km (18,300 km navigable; the most important waterway, the River Magdalena, of which 1,488 km is navigable, is dredged regularly to ensure safe passage of cargo vessels and container barges) (2012). Congo, Democratic Republic of the.
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- prev | next. § 329.4 General definition. Navigable waters of the United States are those waters that are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and/or are presently used, or have been used in the past, or may be susceptible for use to transport interstate or foreign commerce.
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navigation Definition of navigation for Students 1: the act or practice of steering, directing the course of, or finding a way through 2: the science of figuring out the position and course of a ship or aircraft
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- uncharted. adj (= not explored) → unerforscht, unergruendet; (= unergründet not on) → map nicht verzeichnet or; eingezeichnet uncharted waters or (territory) → fig Unbekanntes; terrain to enter uncharted waters or (territory) → fig sich in Unbekanntes terrain. [begeben] ʌnˈtʃɑːtɪd → adj/inesplorato. a
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Canal Canal. CANAL. A trench dug for leading water in a particular direction, and confining it. 2. Public canals are generally protected by the law which authorizes their being made. Various points have arisen under numerous laws authorizing the construction of canals, which have been decided in cases reported in 1 Yeates, 430; 1 Binn. 70; 1 Pennsyl. 462; 2 Pennsyl.
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Joint Publication 1-02 verb (used with object), navigated, navigating. 1. to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river. 2. to direct or manage (a ship, aircraft, or guided missile) on its course. 3. to ascertain or plot and control the course or position of (a ship, aircraft, etc.).
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- por•tage (ˈpɔr tɪdʒ, ˈpoʊr- or, for 2,3,5,6, pɔrˈtɑʒ) n., v. -taged, -tag•ing. n. 1. the act of carrying; carriage. 2. the carrying of boats, supplies, etc., overland from one navigable water to another. 3. the route over which this is done. 4. the cost of carriage. v.i. 5. to make a portage.
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- Lists of canals. This is a folio of lists of canals. Canals and routes are human-made channels for water, which are universally both referred to in the vernacular as 'canals'. The main contrast between them is that a navigation parallels a river and splits its drainage basin, while a canal cuts across a drainage divides.
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PORTAGE portage - the cost of carrying or transporting. cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. 2. portage - overland track between navigable waterways. cart track, cartroad, track - any road or path affording passage especially a rough one. 3. portage - carrying boats and supplies overland. carry - the act of carrying something
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- › to ​move or ​travel through an ​area: Stanley traversed the ​continent from ​west to ​east. Bounded on the ​east by Lake ​Winnebago, the ​county is traversed by the Wolf and Fox ​rivers. (Definition of traverse from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press).
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- The gallbladder is a small, hollow, pear-shaped pouch in your body. It lies underneath the right side of your liver, in your upper abdomen. The main purpose of the gallbladder is to concentrate and store your bile.Bile is a fluid made in the liver that helps you to digest fats in your small bowel (intestine).he gallbladder is a small, hollow, pear-shaped pouch about 8cm long and about 2.5cm wide. It lies underneath the right side of your liver, in your upper abdomen. Two tubes connect to the gallbladder-the small and large bile ducts. Together these make up the common bile duct.
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canalize vb (tr) 1. (Civil Engineering) to provide with or convert into a canal or canals. 2. to give a particular direction to or provide an outlet for; channel. 3. (Civil Engineering) to divide (a channel) into separate reaches controlled by dams and weirs to aid navigation, control water levels, generate power, etc.
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River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its s
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- Define fairway: a navigable part of a river, bay, or harbor; an open path or space — fairway in a sentence a navigable part of a river, bay, or harbor; an open path or space; the closely mowed part of a golf course between a tee and a green…
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portage Portage was borrowed from French back in the 15th century to mean carrying, transporting or freight, and it has kept its simple carrying sense to the present day. But its first known use in its carrying of boats sense came in 1698, and the obstacle that the canoes couldn't be steered over was none other than Niagara Falls.
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TACK • NAVIGATION (noun) The noun NAVIGATION has 3 senses: 1. the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. 2. ship traffic. 3. the work of a sailor. Familiarity information: NAVIGATION used as a noun is uncommon.