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30 relations: Acequia, Aqueduct (water supply), Cabin John, Maryland, Canal, Canal pound, Chute (gravity), Cutthroat flume, Ditch, Diversion dam, Gold, Hydraulic mining, Leat, Lock (water navigation), Log flume, Logging, Materiel, Mill race, Montana flume, Packaged metering manhole, Palmer-Bowlus Flume, Parshall flume, Placer deposit, Swimming (sport), Tin, Trench, Trestle bridge, Venturi flume, Water, Watercourse, Weir.
Acequia
An acequia or séquia is a community-operated watercourse used in Spain and former Spanish colonies in the Americas for irrigation.
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Aqueduct (water supply)
An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to convey water.
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Cabin John, Maryland
Cabin John is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
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Canal
Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.
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Canal pound
A canal pound, reach, or level (American usage), is the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks.
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Chute (gravity)
A chute is a vertical or inclined plane, channel, or passage through which objects are moved by means of gravity.
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Cutthroat flume
The Cutthroat flume is a class of flow measurement flume developed during 1966/1967 that is used to measure the flow of surface waters, sewage flows, and industrial discharges.
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Ditch
A ditch is a small to moderate depression created to channel water.
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Diversion dam
A diversion dam is a dam that diverts all or a portion of the flow of a river from its natural course.
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.
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Hydraulic mining
Hydraulic mining, or hydraulicking, is a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment.
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Leat
A leat (also lete or leet, or millstream) is the name, common in the south and west of England and in Wales (Lade in Scotland), for an artificial watercourse or aqueduct dug into the ground, especially one supplying water to a watermill or its mill pond.
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Lock (water navigation)
A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.
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Log flume
A log flume is a flume specifically constructed to transport lumber and logs down mountainous terrain to a sawmill by using flowing water.
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Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.
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Materiel
Materiel, more commonly matériel in US English and also listed as the only spelling in some UK dictionaries (both pronounced, from French matériel meaning equipment or hardware), refers to military technology and supplies in military and commercial supply chain management.
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Mill race
A mill race, millrace or millrun is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel (sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel.
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Montana flume
A Montana flume, is a popular modification of the standard Parshall flume.
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Packaged metering manhole
Packaged metering manholes (PMMs) are an outgrowth of the fiberglass manholes developed by a division of Owens Corning (now) in the 1960s.
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Palmer-Bowlus Flume
The Palmer-Bowlus flume, is a class of flumes commonly used to measure the flow of wastewater in sewer pipes and conduits.
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Parshall flume
The Parshall flume is an open channel flow metering device that was developed to measure the flow of surface waters and irrigation flows.
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Placer deposit
In geology, a placer deposit or placer is an accumulation of valuable minerals formed by gravity separation from a specific source rock during sedimentary processes.
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Swimming (sport)
Swimming is an individual or team sport that requires the use of ones arms and legs to move the body through water.
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Tin
Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from stannum) and atomic number 50.
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Trench
A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole).
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Trestle bridge
A trestle (sometimes tressel) is a rigid frame used as a support, historically a tripod used both as stools and to support tables at banquets.
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Venturi flume
A venturi flume is a critical-flow open flume with a constricted flow which causes a drop in the hydraulic grade line, creating a critical depth.
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Water
Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms.
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Watercourse
A watercourse is the channel that a flowing body of water follows.
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Weir
A weir or low head dam is a barrier across the horizontal width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flume
