backcountry

As nouns the difference between backwater and backcountry

is that backwater is the water held back by a dam or other obstruction while backcountry is a remote region; the boondocks.

As a verb backwater

is to row or paddle a backwater stroke.

As a noun backcountry

is a remote region; the boondocks.

As an adjective rural is

pertaining to less-populated, non-urban areas.

As nouns the difference between inland and backcountry

is that inland is homeland, as opposed to foreign country; in composites: domestic while backcountry is a remote region; the boondocks.

As a noun backcountry is

a remote region; the boondocks.