highwater
Maximum tide level
Highwater refers to the highest level reached by a body of water, especially during tidal cycles or flooding.
The compound appears most often as an adjective: highwater mark, highwater pants.
A highwater mark is literally the line left by receding water, but figuratively it means a peak achievement or maximum point: That album was the highwater mark of her career.
Highwater pants are cut short enough to stay dry in rising water—intentionally or not.
Severe overflow of water
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- flash floodRapid overflow from storms
torrent · submerge · engulf · swamp · floodplain · levee · dike · sandbag
Highest point or tuft
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- culminationHighest or final point
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
pinnacle · climax · record · historic · unprecedented · all-time · seasonal · annual
Of sea rhythms
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- neapTide of least range
- spring tideExtreme tidal fluctuation
- lunarOf the moon
moon · gravitational · currents · coastal · estuary · bay · inlet · harbor
Bifurcated lower-body garment
Standard of measurement
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- datumSingle unit of information
elevation · depth · hydrograph · recording · monitoring · station · marker · calibration
deluge
Severe overflow of water
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- surgeSudden powerful increase
flash flood · torrent · submerge · engulf · swamp · floodplain · levee · dike · sandbag · runoff
crest
Highest point or tuft
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- culminationHighest or final point
maximum · pinnacle · climax · record · historic · unprecedented · all-time · seasonal · annual · threshold
tidal
Of sea rhythms
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- neapTide of least range
- spring tideExtreme tidal fluctuation
lunar · moon · gravitational · currents · coastal · estuary · bay · inlet · harbor · delta
trousers
Bifurcated lower-body garment
gauge
Standard of measurement
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
datum · elevation · depth · hydrograph · recording · monitoring · station · marker · calibration · peak flow
highwaterlow point
Worst or lowest moment
nadir · low-water mark · lowest point · rock bottom · trough
high, water, height, highlight, watery, higher, highest, watered, watering