sluice gate
Dam's adjustable door
A sluice gate is a barrier that controls water flow in a channel, canal, or reservoir.
It slides vertically to regulate the volume passing through: They opened the sluice gates to prevent flooding upstream.
Sluice gates appear in dams, irrigation systems, and flood control infrastructure.
Obstruction preventing passage
- damWater-holding barrier
- weirLow river barrier
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- penstockControlled water conduit
spillway · valve · channel · culvert · aqueduct · flume · raceway · millrace
Dug water passage
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- paddy fieldFlooded rice cultivation area
- watercourseChannel for flowing liquid
cropland · farmland · agriculture · cultivation · rice · flooding · diversion · distribution
Exceed capacity and spill
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- surgeSudden powerful increase
spate · flash flood · storm surge · high water · floodplain · release · emergency · protection
Control by rules
operate · manage · modulate · restrict · divert · meter · throttle · manipulate
Unbroken forward movement
- pressureForce upon contact
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
laminar · eddy · vortex · orifice · head · velocity · volume · current
Grain-crushing facility
- millpondDammed water powering machinery
- waterwheelRiver-powered rotating mechanism
- hydropowerElectricity from flowing currents
- miningExtracting earth's resources
timber · log driving · fishery · aquaculture · hatchery · reservoir · tailings · processing
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
penstock · spillway · valve · channel · culvert · aqueduct · flume · raceway · millrace · intake
canal
Dug water passage
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- furrowNarrow trench in earth
- paddy fieldFlooded rice cultivation area
watercourse · cropland · farmland · agriculture · cultivation · rice · flooding · diversion · distribution · field
overflow
Exceed capacity and spill
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentViolent rushing flow
surge · spate · flash flood · storm surge · high water · floodplain · release · emergency · protection · prevention
regulate
Control by rules
close · operate · manage · modulate · restrict · divert · meter · throttle · manipulate · mechanism
flow
Unbroken forward movement
- pressureForce upon contact
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
streamline · laminar · eddy · vortex · orifice · head · velocity · volume · current · throughput
mill
Grain-crushing facility
- millpondDammed water powering machinery
- waterwheelRiver-powered rotating mechanism
- hydropowerElectricity from flowing currents
mining · timber · log driving · fishery · aquaculture · hatchery · reservoir · tailings · processing · power generation
- water systemswater pipes, water pipe, water storage, water line, irrigation ditches
- gatesgatepost, tollgate, portcullis, lychgate, torii
- canal termscanal, Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Erie Canal, lock
- Dutch countrysidepolder, dike, canal, tulip field, dairy farm
- flood controllevee, levees, flood channels, dike, dikes
- flow controlsvalve, regulator, throttle, check valve, control valve