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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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Lagoons and backwaters characterise the lowland, which receives runoff from the rivers.
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During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the village drifted gently on, a relative backwater.
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The creek is nearly 400 m wide, elongated in northeast-southwest direction and merging with the backwater bodies.
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Considering her other options -- living in a backwater with a doddering dad and a lunkhead spouse -- it might not be a bad idea.
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The backwaters of this dam provide a wonderful view.
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Boat races held during festival seasons are also a major tourist attraction in the backwater regions.
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The town did not have the ample water supply and rail transportation necessary to establish efficient industry, and the village became a sleepy backwater.
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It became a quiet backwater of little interest except to slavers and priests.
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Since the bulldozers barged onto the scene, it's no longer a pastoral backwater where groundhogs gambol amid the apple blossoms.
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