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Backwater (river)

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A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current. [1]

10 relations: Base level, Distributary, Estuary, Flux, Kerala backwaters, Lagoon, Metaphor, MIT OpenCourseWare, River mouth, Tide.

Base level

In geology and geomorphology a base level is the lower limit for an erosion process.

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Distributary

A distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Flux

Flux describes the quantity which passes through a surface or substance.

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Kerala backwaters

The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India.

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Lagoon

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.

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Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect.

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MIT OpenCourseWare

MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to publish all of the educational materials from its undergraduateand graduate-level courses online, freely and openly available to anyone, anywhere.

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River mouth

A river mouth is the part of a river where the river flows into another river, a lake, a reservoir, a sea, or an ocean.

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Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth.

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Jerkwater, River lagoon.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backwater_(river)

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