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backwater
noun(back-wa-ter)
water backed up in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the tide
backwater
noun(back-wa-ter)
a body of water (such as an inlet or tributary) that is out of the main current of a larger body
backwater
noun(back-wa-ter)
an isolated or backward place or condition

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