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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)
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Term No.Term Name/Term DescriptionAction
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Afflux
1 - The upstream rise of water level above the normal surface of water in a channel caused by an obstruction in, or contraction of normal waterway, like a bridge, weir, or a regulating structure. 2 - The difference between the high flood levels upstream and downstream of the weir......
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Wing levee, Afflux bund, or Afflux bank
An embankment or dike designed to prevent the outflanking of the abutment by flood waters passing round the end of the weir, extending up to, but not across, the whole of the river flood plain......
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3858
Bridge afflux, or Heading-up (bridge)
It is the rise of water level on the upstream side of a bridge above natural water level due to obstruction (like piers, abutments in the stream and contracted waterway) and is measured by the difference in water levels upstream and downstream of the bridge......
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