floodway

floodway
    a) A large-capacity channel constructed to divert floodwaters or excess streamflow from populous, flood-prone areas, such as a bypass route bounded by levees.
    b) The part of the flood plain kept clear of encumbrances and reserved for emergency diversion of floodwaters.
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