The act or process of flowing; the continuous movement of liquid or the flooding of an area with water.
From 'flow' plus the noun suffix '-age' (from French, meaning collection or process); emerged in English in the 1600s to describe water flow specifically.
Hydroelectric engineers and wetland scientists use 'flowage' as a technical term for the flooding caused by dams, where 'flowage rights' become legal issues between property owners and power companies.
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