navigable waterway

collocation in English

meaningsofnavigableandwaterway

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navigable
adjective
uk
/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡə.bəl/us
/ˈnæv.ə.ɡə.bəl/
(of an area of water) deep, wide, or safe enough for a boat to ...
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waterway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɔː.tə.weɪ/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.weɪ/
a narrow area of water, such as a river or canal, that ships or boats can ...
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(Definition ofnavigableandwaterwayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have approximately 2,000 miles ofnavigablewaterway.
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I was giving the cost of restoring the canal as anavigablewaterway.
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First, culverts would rule out for ever the possibility of these 12 miles ever being restored as anavigablewaterway.
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What is more, anavigablewaterwayusually goes through the area of a large number of local authorities.
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We have here the disbandment of anavigablewaterwayand the throwing over of any possibility of future development of this cut as a navigable commercial waterway.
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The statutory position is that if a canal although disused is still classed as anavigablewaterway, special procedures have to be complied with.
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The fact thatipso factoit is being used as anavigablewaterwayis another matter.
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Navigablewaterwayis situated at a distance of more than 10 km.
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The canal extension provides a further 1.4 miles ofnavigablewaterway.
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Anavigablewaterwayleads to the central lagoon, which has an area of 359 km.
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This servitude does not extend beyond thenavigablewaterway.
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River icebreakers can operate in anynavigablewaterwayto prevent such ice jams.
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It is not anavigablewaterwaydue to its small size and numerous rocky cascades.
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The flooding of various properties led to calls by area manufacturers and other community members to make the canal into anavigablewaterway.
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If a boat or other vessel can successfully pass through a waterway it is known as anavigablewaterway.
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Instead, it is permitted to exclude from the measure of just compensation any element of value attributable to the land's access or proximity to anavigablewaterway.
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Commercial carrying ceased in the 1930s but it lingered on into the 1950s as a barelynavigablewaterway.
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As such, the just compensation paid to landowners should include any component of value attributable to their property's proximity to anavigablewaterway.
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The boat safety standards will, therefore, apply to vessels on the majority of our navigable waterways.
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The first is the unanimous recommendation of a subsidy from public funds for the navigable waterways.
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