backwater in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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backwater in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for backwater in the English»Spanish Dictionary

backwater [ˈbækˌwɔ:təʳ, Am -ˌwɑ:t̬ɚ] N

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The kettuvallams were traditionally used as grain barges, to transport the rice harvested in the fertile fields alongside the backwaters.
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Clearly, this is no backwater traveling show.
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The turn became the final trigger in the disaster as it created an instantaneous backwater effect, causing massive volumes of water to over-top the riverbank.
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It is common on clay flats, sloughs, and backwater areas, but seldom in coastal swamps or sites where soils are continually saturated.
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The backwater separating the main beach from the island-like structure is a safe place for water sports.
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Together they sailed the backwaters and forced questers to perform different kinds of humiliating tasks.
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In this period it developed from being a road-less, school-less rural backwater into a relatively developed area.
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It inhabits weedy-, muddy-, or sandy-bottomed, slow-moving waters of swamps, lakes, ponds, streams, and pools and backwaters of rivers.
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It may be found in well-vegetated riverine backwaters, floodplain lagoons, swamps, and isolated pans.
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But every summer, this sleepy backwater hosts the creme de la creme of the fashion world, celebrities and more than a few millionaire playboys.
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