Backwater
Definition of backwater:
part of speech: noun
Water held back by a dam or weir the body of water thus held back; water thrown back by the turning of a water- wheel, etc.
Usage examples for backwater:
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It lay a couple of miles above the town, long and narrow, formed with a division of the river into its main current and a sluggish backwater
"Young Barbarians", Ian Maclaren. -
Half a mile down the river there is a little backwater to hide.
"The Huntress", Hulbert Footner. -
A cushion of backwater would then receive the sloop's forefoot in place of the snarling teeth of low crunching rocks.
"The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women", F. Hopkinson Smith.