mingi riigi või selle haldusüksuse territooriumil paiknevad järved, jõed, tehisveekogud, liustikud ja põhjavesi, general term for bodies of water, such as lakes, rivers, canals, and bays under the sọvereignty of state or federal authorities

all standing or flowing water on the surface of the land, and all groundwater on the landward side of the baseline from which the breadth of territorial waters is measured