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), 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 solo studio album by English musician Brian Eno, originally released by Polydor Records in December 1977 in the United Kingdom and by Island U.S. soon after. Produced by Eno and Rhett Davies, it is th ...
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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 school (government funded), public business school located in Kozhikode, Kerala, India. The institute, set up in 1996 by the Government of India in colla ...
, 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 su ...
, 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 Lintrathen ...
, a reservoir in north west Angus, Scotland
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Backcountry
In geography, a backcountry, back country or backwater is a geographical area that is remote, undeveloped, isolated, or difficult to access. These areas are typically rural or mountainous and sparsely populated.
Terminology Backcountry ...
, an isolated and under-developed region
See also
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Kerala backwaters, 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'') an ...
, 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 preve ...
, a device used to protect potable water supplies from backflow
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Blackwater (disambiguation)
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