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A slough in Nebraska in the United States A slough in Maxwell Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota in the United States.. A slough (/ s l uː / ⓘ [1] [2] or / s l aʊ / ⓘ) [1] [2] [3] is a wetland, usually a swamp or shallow lake, often a backwater to a larger body of water. [4]
Trough (barony), a historical barony in County Monaghan, Ireland; Trough (food) or manger, a container for animal feed; Watering trough, a receptacle of drinking water for domestic and non-domestic livestock; Water trough, a trough used to supply water to steam locomotives. Battle of the Trough, a 1756 skirmish of the French and Indian War in ...
A watering trough on a stock route, Australia A Bills horse trough in Sebastian, Victoria, Australia Sheep watering trough, Idaho, 1930s. A watering trough (or artificial watering point) is a man-made or natural receptacle intended to provide drinking water to animals, livestock on farms or ranches or wild animals.
2. The study and depiction of the physical features or relief of the floor of a lake or ocean. In this sense bathymetry is considered the underwater equivalent of hypsometry or topography. bay A coastal body of water that is directly connected to but recessed from a larger body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or another bay.
In the northwestern United States, coulee is defined as a large, steep-walled, trench-like trough, which also include spillways and flood channels incised into the basalt plateau. [ 3 ] Types and examples
Shoals can appear as a coastal landform in the sea, where they are classified as a type of ocean bank, or as fluvial landforms in rivers, streams, and lakes. A shoal–sandbar may seasonally separate a smaller body of water from the sea, such as: Marine lagoons; Brackish water estuaries; Freshwater seasonal stream and river mouths and deltas.
Image credits: James Carr #5. Shocking but true. Back in the 60s my mother took me swimming to a public beach at a lake on a hot summer day. A man, reading his newspaper on his lakeside porch, got ...
The moat surrounding Matsumoto Castle. A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.