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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">abandoned watercourses</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>lost watercourses</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>watercourses</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>bodies of water by state</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>abandoned watercourse</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>former watercourses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>watercourses, abandoned</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Streams or distributaries that no longer carry flowing water but whose trace is still evident due to lakes, wetland, topographic, or vegetation patterns along their former course. For watercourses that no longer exist, use "lost watercourses." ]]></note></mads>