floodway

Noun

Meaning

floodway (plural floodways)

An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.

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Examples

Load limits have recently been placed on Groves Bridge near Colbinabbin and Floodway Bridge near Stanhope. Source: Internet

Winnipeg police say shortly before 7 p.m., a four-seat ATV rolled near the Red River Floodway gates south of Winnipeg. Source: Internet

Red River Floodway from the air Winnipeg was inundated during the 1950 Red River Flood and had to be partially evacuated. Source: Internet

The damage caused by the flood led then-Premier Duff Roblin to advocate for the construction of the Red River Floodway ; it was completed in 1968 after six years of excavation. Source: Internet

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