Backwater or Backwaters may refer to:
Music
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''Backwaters'' (album), a 1982 album by American guitarist Tony Rice
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Backwater (band)
Backwater was an American jazz fusion band formed in Mobile, Alabama, that was active in the 1970s.
The group was founded by Robby Catlin and Scott Pettersen, with Larry Hardin and Trippe Thomason completing the lineup. The quartet formed in 19 ...
, a jazz fusion band from Mobile, Alabama, or this band's 1976 debut album
* "Backwater", a song by Brian Eno from the album ''
Before and After Science
''Before and After Science'' is the fifth studio album by British musician Brian Eno. Produced by Eno and Rhett Davies, it was originally released by Polydor Records in December 1977 in the United Kingdom and by Island U.S. soon after. Musicia ...
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* "Backwater", a 1974 song by Status Quo from ''
Quo''
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"Backwater" (song), a 1994 song recorded by the Meat Puppets
* "Backwaters", 2013 song British band
Drenge
Other uses
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Backwaters (management festival)
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode or IIMK) is an autonomous public business school located in Calicut (Kozhikode), Kerala. The institute, set up in 1996 by the Government of India in collaboration with the State Governme ...
, the annual national management festival organized by the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
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''Backwater'' (novel), a novel by Joan Bauer
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Backwater (river) A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current. It can refer to a branch of a main river, which lies alongside it and then rejoins it, or to a body of water in a main river, backed up by the sea tide or by an obstruction suc ...
, a part of a river in which there is little or no current
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Backwaters Press ''The Backwaters Press'' was a small press based in Omaha, Nebraska. It was a 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to publishing poetry and literary fiction, with a special emphasis on the literature of Nebraska.
The press was acquired in 2018 by The Univ ...
, an American book publishing company
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Backwater Reservoir
Backwater Reservoir is a reservoir in north west Angus, Scotland. The reservoir's sole purpose is to provide drinking water, and as such, it supplies Angus, Dundee, and parts of Perth and Kinross. Backwater, together with the smaller Lintrat ...
, a reservoir in north west Angus, Scotland
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Backcountry
In the United States, a backcountry or backwater is a geographical area that is remote, undeveloped, isolated, or difficult to access.
Terminology Backcountry and wilderness within United States national parks
The National Park Service (NPS) ...
, an isolated and under-developed region
See also
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Kerala backwaters
The Kerala backwaters are a network of brackish lagoons and canals lying parallel to the Arabian Sea of the Malabar coast of Kerala state in south-western India. It also includes interconnected lakes, rivers, and inlets, a labyrinthine system ...
, a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes in India
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Lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...
, a shallow body of water separated from a larger body
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Backwater valve
A backwater valve is a backflow prevention device used to prevent outbound water through a dwelling's drain pipes from re-entering -- " back flowing"—into a home. The valve contains a flap that allows water to exit the home, but closes to preven ...
, a device used to protect potable water supplies from backflow
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Blackwater (disambiguation)
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