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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)
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Term No.Term Name/Term DescriptionAction
2237
Downstream undersluice channel
A portion of the river or a channel made in the river that confines the erosive effects of the water discharged through the sluice gates that again joins the river downstream......
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2238
Upstream undersluice channel, or Upstream scouring sluice channel
The portion of the river channel leading water to the undersluices and limited up to the sill of the undersluices. `Pocket` is only a part of the upstream undersluice channel......
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2356
Earth dam, or Embankment dam
A barrier made of earth, clay, sand or sand and gravel, or a combination of these or of the earth and rock.
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2378
Sluice dam
A dam having sluice openings.
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2406
Bank storage, or Ground storage
1 - Water that has infiltrated from a reservoir into the surrounding land area where it remains in storage until the water level in the reservoir is lowered. 2 - See 861......
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2524
Sluice
1 - A conduit for carrying water at high velocity that can if desired be closed by a gate. 2 - An opening in a structure for passing debris. 3 - To cause water to flow at high velocities for wastage, for purposes of excavation, ejecting debris, etc......
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2526
Gate chamber of sluice well
A structure located within the abutment main body of the dam or the dam embankment where the regulating gates or emergency gates are installed. The lower portion of the chamber provides an anchorage for the gates and liner while the upper portion furnishes a working space for the removal of the gate leaf and other parts for repair or for installati.....
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2527
River sluices, Waste outlets, or Dewatering outlets
Sluices provided near the river bed to empty the reservoir or to discharge muddy water during floods and as also to serve as an auxiliary spillway......
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3198
Non-inspection bank
Bank of a canal which does not provide for an inspection path.
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3199
Spoil bank
A bank composed of waste earth which has been excavated (illustrated).
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3205
Boundary bank
The bank constructed out of the excavated material of the boundary trench and the outer toe that marks the limit of right-of-way easement (illustrated)......
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3457
Sluice offtake regulator
A regulator in which discharge is regulated by means of a vertical sliding gate provided on the upstream side.
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3487
Floating guide bank system, or Stream directing system
A sediment or silt exclusion device placed in the river in front of the entrance of a canal, comprising separate sections, in one arrangement, hinged together each with four partially submerged gates connected at their top by an overhead truss at an inclination to the river current. The gates divert the surface water towards the canal and the botto.....
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3512
Sluiceway channel
A channel receiving sediment-borne water from the sluiceway and leading to the outfall.
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3513
Sluiceway
Structure at the downstream end of the settling basin for sluicing the deposited sediment (illustrated).
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3568
Scouring escape, Sediment escape, Silt escape, Canal Scouring sluice
An escape built for sluicing sediment from a canal.
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3576
Overpour bank, or Overflow bank
The spilling part of a canal overflow spillway having the profile of an Ambursen weir to fit the bank slopes.
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3661
Sluice
An outlet controlled on the upstream side by means of a sluice gate.
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3729
Open sluice
A non-modular sluice outlet.
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3747
Culvert aqueduct with full canal banks
See 3746 (illustrated).
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3748
Culvert aqueduct with canal bank retaining walls
See 3746 (illustrated).
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5041
Sluice
Water control structure in a drainage system that may be operated in such a way that unwanted inflow from downstream into a drainage system can be prevented......
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5291
Bank protection
1 - The process by which a stream bank is protected from erosion by lining or by retarding the velocity along the bank. 2 - See 1533 and 7986......
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5292
Bank strengthening
A general term that includes, widening, raising and straightening of banks of a channel; and may include forming of banks of a new channel passing through low ground by using silting tanks......
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5304
Contour bank
Earth bank constructed along the contour of equal natural surface elevation to hold water or slow down the flow of water......
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