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Definition of Floodway
1. Noun. An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Floodway
1. an overflow channel [n -WAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floodway
Literary usage of Floodway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Answers to Questions About the National Flood Insurance Program edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"The regulatory floodway, which is adopted into the community's flood- plain
management ... The intention of the floodway is not to preclude development. ..."
2. Drainage Reclamation in Tennessee: First Papers by Tennessee State Geological Survey, George Hall Ashley (1910)
"A small dredge ditch would be required within the floodway to carry the low water
... The use of such a floodway through the lower valley of the North Fork ..."
3. Bulletin by Geological Survey, Tennessee Division of Geology, Division of Geology, Tennessee (1910)
"A small dredge ditch would be required within the floodway to carry the low ...
Where a floodway is to be used, its capacity may be greatly increased by ..."
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