The conservancies are located in the "backland" or upper stream catchment areas and comprise water-retaining embankments and structures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Water profile of Guyana] Reference

Corlin stood at the edge of Seitforest and the backland domains of the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shadowfane]

He could struggle into Vaanland, register claim to this parcel of backland, and-and nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Friends Like These...]

The backland hills lay studded with familiar compass-ring formations that marked a clansmen's camp; northwest held only darkness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shadowfane]

From the toolshed on the knolly backland of his farm, Gareth Brewster could see across the dark lumpy hills to the town's business center.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Other Worlds]

He sat looking out of the window, glumly taking in the commercial spires in the distance; his sallow, yearning spirit seemed to have come forth from some mute backland in which his efforts had a bitter, pioneer necessity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grub Street: New York] Reference

'It seems to me that it is a backland site reached by way of a narrow access drive between residential properties,' she said.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Is Guernsey] Reference

He opened his mind to the minds of the backland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harpist in the Wind]