navigable
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- adjective
- /ˈnævɪɡəbl/
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navegable
- Since the salmon fish farms are discharging pollutants into navigable waters from a point source, the CWA applies to them.
- navigable waters
- navigable river
- navigable waterway
Examples
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None of the rivers pouring out of the highlands into the Pacific were navigable, restricting boat travel inland.
Academic text (1991) -
The Amazon River is navigable for large cargo ships during the rainy season.
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Some areas along the peninsula are now navigable for the first time since they were discovered in the 19th century.
Academic text (2000) -
At 12,563 feet, the world's highest navigable lake is my base for the next three days of exploration.
Academic text (2004) -
The maritime trade network girded the coastline from Mexico to Panama and reached inland through every navigable river.
Academic text (1991) -
The letter was addressed to a group of fishermen on Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable inland body of water.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Clean Water Act allows the EPA to regulate all of the countries navigable waters, from rivers to lakes to streams to oceanic channels.
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Traveling through the navigable canals of Venice has always been a popular tourist activity.
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Before the storm, the harbor was navigable, allowing boats to enter safely.
Synonyms
A place like a road or path that vehicles can move along
Antonyms
How Navigable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word navigable comes from the Latin navigare, 'to sail', and from navis, 'ship', so a navigable river is one that ships can sail through safely.