flowage
noun
flow·age ˈflō-ij 
1
a
: an overflowing onto adjacent land
b
: a body of water formed by overflowing or damming
c
: floodwater especially of a stream
2
: gradual deformation of a body of plastic solid (such as rock) by intermolecular shear
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web An existing advisory to consume white bass only once a month still remains in effect for the flowage due to existing high levels of PCBs as well as high levels of PFAS. 
Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022 This 40,000-acre scenic waters area southwest of Mercer has 66 boat-in campsites, many of which are on their own islands in the flowage. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2021 The area is best for canoeists, kayakers and fishermen who want to avoid the motorboats that frequent the rest of the flowage. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2021 The flowage has a 15-inch minimum length limit for walleyes with a daily bag limit of three. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2021 Annual fuel flowage fees would increase by an unknown amount from the typical $140,000. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021 The eastern fifth of the flowage is a voluntary quiet area and no-wake zone. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2020 Litke reports that the National Hydrography Dataset has 54 different terms, including lake, pond, basin, flowage and reservoir that more or less mean the same thing—lake. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 July 2019 The recreation area in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest surrounds a flowage lake created by a dam on the Mondeaux River. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2018 See More
Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022 This 40,000-acre scenic waters area southwest of Mercer has 66 boat-in campsites, many of which are on their own islands in the flowage. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2021 The area is best for canoeists, kayakers and fishermen who want to avoid the motorboats that frequent the rest of the flowage. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2021 The flowage has a 15-inch minimum length limit for walleyes with a daily bag limit of three. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2021 Annual fuel flowage fees would increase by an unknown amount from the typical $140,000. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021 The eastern fifth of the flowage is a voluntary quiet area and no-wake zone. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2020 Litke reports that the National Hydrography Dataset has 54 different terms, including lake, pond, basin, flowage and reservoir that more or less mean the same thing—lake. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 July 2019 The recreation area in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest surrounds a flowage lake created by a dam on the Mondeaux River. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1a