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|definition=Former part or arm of a river with stagnant water, which at medium water level has usually no connection with the current riverbed and therefore no longer forms part of the river; Former old line of a navigation channel, which has no connection to the channel anymore; or artificially created water bodies as an ecological compensation measure without connection to a federal waterway. | |definition=Former part or arm of a river with stagnant water, which at medium water level has usually no connection with the current riverbed and therefore no longer forms part of the river; Former old line of a navigation channel, which has no connection to the channel anymore; or artificially created water bodies as an ecological compensation measure without connection to a federal waterway. | ||
|synonyms=backwater, bayou | |synonyms=backwater, bayou | ||
|source=translated from "Objektkatalog der Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung aus Verwaltungsvorschrift VV- WSV 1102, Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Wohnungswesen, Berlin, Bonn 2005", "DIN 4047-5" and "DIN 4054" by Alejandro and Hannah Carrizo | |source=translated from "Objektkatalog der Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung aus Verwaltungsvorschrift VV- WSV 1102, Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Wohnungswesen, Berlin, Bonn 2005", "DIN 4047-5" and "DIN 4054" by Alejandro and Hannah Carrizo | ||
|related_terms=[[cutoff meander]] | |related_terms=[[cutoff meander]] | ||
|name_de=Altwasser | |name_de=Altwasser | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 16:40, 5 April 2017
Definition
Former part or arm of a river with stagnant water, which at medium water level has usually no connection with the current riverbed and therefore no longer forms part of the river; Former old line of a navigation channel, which has no connection to the channel anymore; or artificially created water bodies as an ecological compensation measure without connection to a federal waterway.
Synonyms
backwater, bayou
Abbreviations
Source
translated from "Objektkatalog der Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung aus Verwaltungsvorschrift VV- WSV 1102, Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Wohnungswesen, Berlin, Bonn 2005", "DIN 4047-5" and "DIN 4054" by Alejandro and Hannah Carrizo