What is a watercourse?
A watercourse is a route water flows through that’s contained within a defined channel or through an in-ground pipe (known as a culvert). The route can be natural or manmade, narrow or wide and even dry over long periods of time, they all still count as “watercourses”.
Watercourses can be called many things but commonly they are known as rivers, streams, ditches, brooks and culverts. Some are even known as drains, especially in the countryside where farmers can refer to them as land drains or drainage ditches.
