impoundments
Dammed water bodies
Impoundments are bodies of water created by damming or confining a natural flow—reservoirs, detention ponds, or similar artificial containments.
The term appears in environmental and legal contexts: The impoundment flooded three hundred acres of wetland.
More broadly, impoundment is the act of seizing and holding property, especially vehicles: Police impoundments of illegally parked cars increased last month.
Large water storage basin
- damWater-holding barrier
- spillwayDam's water release structure
- weirLow river barrier
- leveeRiver flood barrier
flood control · catchment · irrigation · hydroelectric · water supply · aqueduct · canal · diversion
Seizure by authority
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- repossessionCreditor seizing collateral
- towingPulling another vehicle along
- asset forfeitureLegal property seizure
storage fees · tow yard · contraband · abandoned property · auction · retrieval
Claim securing debt
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- garnishmentCourt-ordered debt collection
- court orderBinding judicial directive
writ · injunction · judgment · distraint · levy · adjudication · decree · receivership
Protected place or structure
- strayWander from course
- kennelEnclosure for hounds
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
animal control · holding facility · adoption · rescue · euthanasia · spay · neuter · microchip
reservoir
Large water storage basin
levee · flood control · catchment · irrigation · hydroelectric · water supply · aqueduct · canal · diversion · culvert
confiscation
Seizure by authority
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- repossessionCreditor seizing collateral
- towingPulling another vehicle along
asset forfeiture · storage fees · tow yard · contraband · abandoned property · auction · retrieval
lien
Claim securing debt
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- garnishmentCourt-ordered debt collection
court order · writ · injunction · judgment · distraint · levy · adjudication · decree · receivership · bailment
shelter
Protected place or structure
quarantine · animal control · holding facility · adoption · rescue · euthanasia · spay · neuter · microchip · feral
- water supplydrinking water, potable water, tap water, municipal water, water tanks
- enforcementenforcement actions, crackdown, fines, enforcement agencies, penalties
- wildlife landswildlife refuges, game reserves, hunting grounds, wildlife corridors, deer habitat
impoundmentsrivers
Flowing bodies of water
running water · streams · wild rivers · flowing waters · creeks
impoundmentsreleases
Lets go or publishes
returns · restorations · disbursements · liberations · freeing
impoundmentsnatural lakes
Undammed water basins
glacial lakes · oxbow lakes · tarns · springs · aquifers