sluice gates
Canal flow regulators
Sluice gates are adjustable barriers that control water flow in channels, dams, or irrigation systems.
Opening a sluice gate releases water; closing it holds water back.
The gates regulate water levels, prevent flooding, and direct flow for agricultural or industrial purposes: They opened the sluice gates to relieve pressure on the dam.
Obstruction preventing passage
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- diversionRedirection of attention
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
protection · mitigation · retention · stormwater · drainage · floodplain · surge · emergency release
Large water storage basin
- spillwayDam's water release structure
- weirLow river barrier
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
- penstockControlled water conduit
tailwater · headwater · impoundment · turbine · outflow · inflow · water supply · barrage
Constructed water passages
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- fieldsExpanses for cultivation
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- paddyFlooded rice-growing field
water distribution · aqueducts · water supply · irrigation channels · furrows · ditches · cultivation · rice paddies
Liquid in motion
- currentDirected flow of charge
- channelPassage for transmission
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- erosionGradual wearing away
silt · aquatic · migration · downstream · upstream · streamflow · river management · salmon runs
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- diversionRedirection of attention
overflow · protection · mitigation · retention · stormwater · drainage · floodplain · surge · emergency release · flood management
reservoir
Large water storage basin
- spillwayDam's water release structure
- weirLow river barrier
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
penstock · tailwater · headwater · impoundment · turbine · outflow · inflow · water supply · barrage · catchment
canals
Constructed water passages
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- fieldsExpanses for cultivation
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
paddy · water distribution · aqueducts · water supply · irrigation channels · furrows · ditches · cultivation · rice paddies · water allocation
waterflow
Liquid in motion
erosion · silt · aquatic · migration · downstream · upstream · streamflow · river management · salmon runs · habitat
hydraulics
Study of pressurized liquids
- valvesFlow-controlling mechanisms
- mechanismsMeans by which things function
- civil engineeringPublic structure construction field
flumes · headrace · tailrace · leakage · siltation · hoisting · gears · actuators · seals · maintenance
- water systemswater pipes, water pipe, water storage, water line, irrigation ditches
- canalsGrand Canal, Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Erie Canal, canal boat
- flood controllevee, levees, flood channels, dike, dikes
- floodplain farmingfloodplains, paddy fields, rice paddies, rice farming, fertile soil
- dam managementwater storage, storage capacity, water levels, flood control, drawdown
- Dutch Waterworkspolders, dikes, land reclamation, water management, dykes
sluice gatespump
Fluid-moving machine
water pump · hydraulic pump · impeller · pumping station · turbine
gate, gateway, gates, sluice, floodgate, gatehouse, sluices, sluiced, watergate