floodway
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of floodway
Example Sentences
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The new version was expected to put hundreds of homes on Livingston’s southeast side, a historic area near the river, in what is known as the floodway, the principal path of floodwaters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
Fema's official flood maps show that some of Camp Mystic's cabins were within a "floodway", a particularly hazardous area where dangerous floodwaters would be expected to flow, the New York Times reported.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
She became an activist for the devastated Broadmoor neighborhood, helping scuttle early plans to raze what was left there and turn the area into a park and floodway.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
River Partners played a key role in creating the Dos Rios Ranch Preserve, a 2,100-acre floodway expansion near the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
The massive 1997 flood was almost too much for the floodway; in fact the amount of water diverted was greater than the designed capacity.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
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