Tag:waterway=floating_barrier
 waterway =
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A connected line of floats across the surface of a body of water which prevents passage of watercraft or debris. 
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The tag waterway= is used on a way to indicate a boom or floating barrier: a flexible obstruction made of a line of floats or buoys connected by a chain or cable across the surface of a body of water, which prevents watercraft, debris or other objects from passing.
It should be combined with seamark:obstruction:category=boom
How to map
Draw a way along the barrier location and tag it waterway=.
Examples
Booms have several common uses:
| Use | Picture | Description | Map link |
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| To prevent boats passing down a channel. | |
Passage blocked to watercraft at the approach to Knottingly weir, West Yorkshire, UK. | maplink |
| To protect an area of water or to restrict it for certain users. | .jpg) |
Roped swimming area at the Beach Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE. | maplink |
| To stop trash and debris. | .jpg) |
Debris catcher upstream of Queen Elizabeth Bridge, Belfast, Northern Ireland. | maplink |