brown water

noun

1. shallow water, as opposed to deep (blue) water.

Example Sentences

Thousands of residents are displaced after muddy brown water flooded their homes or cut them off from the outside world by wiping out roads or totaling their cars.

From Los Angeles Times

In Dover and Lithia, small communities about 20 miles inland from Tampa, rescue teams plunged into murky brown water to save seniors and families trapped in flooded homes as the Alafia River swelled.

From Los Angeles Times

The emptying of the reservoirs has released vast amounts of sediment that had accumulated behind the dams, sending pulses of turbid brown water into the river.

From Los Angeles Times

When the ground gave way, five of them were swept away in the churning brown water and one, Lance Cpl.

From New York Times

They are looking out at the brown water - you cannot imagine why they are here, but it is going to get very exciting.

From BBC