They built a water channel to bring water to the rice fields.
Old waterways still remain in this town.
swimming pool lane
Technical or competition-related use for a lane in a swimming pool. In everyday conversation, コース or レーン is often more familiar.
In competitive swimming, 水路 refers to the pool lane a swimmer uses.
The farmers dug a channel next to the rice paddies.
He won the race in lane three.
A small canal runs through the village.
レーン is the casual, everyday word for a swimming lane, while 水路 is the more technical or official term used in competition contexts.
用水路 is a narrower term for an irrigation or water-supply channel, whereas 水路 is the general word for any waterway.
水路 refers to a larger waterway or irrigation channel, whereas 樋 usually denotes a smaller trough or pipe attached to a structure like a roof.
水路 is the general word for a waterway or canal, while 澪 specifically means a channel deep enough for boats to pass through, often in shallow or tidal waters.
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal
spillway
diversion channel; flood-control channel
industrial and sewage drain
drainage channel; drain; waterway
A Sino-Japanese compound of 水, 'water,' and 路, 'route' or 'path'; the spelling transparently conveys a route or channel for water.
open channel; open conduit