释义 |
inland water noun 1. : any of the waters (as lakes, canals, rivers, watercourses, inlets, and bays) within the territory of a state as contrasted with the open seas or marginal waters bordering another state subject to various sovereign rights of the bordering state — usually used in plural 2. : water of the interior that does not border upon marginal or high seas or is above the rise and fall of the tides — usually used in plural; compare marginal sea, territorial sea, territorial water |