Use "drainage ditch" in a sentence

1. In order to reach the house, the two elders had to cross a drainage ditch.

2. In one African community, a bridge spanning a large drainage ditch needed repair because some wooden planks had been stolen.

3. Puzzling over this, I nearly miss a water rail which scuttles off down a drainage ditch towards the loch of Westsandwick.

4. These are man made Canals in each state that have been given a name and may consist of a narrow irrigation or drainage ditch to a large ship, municipal water and/or irrigation canal