sluices
Gated water conduits
Sluices are channels or gates that control water flow.
A sluice gate regulates water level in a dam or canal; a sluice box directs water over material to separate gold from sediment.
As a verb, to sluice is to wash with rushing water or to flow abundantly: Water sluiced through the drainage channels.
They sluiced the deck clean.
Mineral-rich sediment accumulation
- panningLateral camera traverse
- goldElement seventy-nine
- dredgingExtracting underwater sediment
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
ore · tailings · riffle · gravel · nugget · paydirt · claim · gold rush
Quick sudden movement
- gushFlow out forcefully
- pourSend liquid streaming out
- streamSteady continuous flow
- torrentViolent rushing flow
discharge · cascade · flush · deluge · outpour · spate · surge · channel
Constructed water channel
- troughOpen container for animal feed
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- racewayEnclosed competition circuit
- millraceChannel driving water wheels
chute · launder · aqueduct · culvert · waterway · canal · ditch · gutter
Constructed water passages
- ditchesNarrow drainage channels
- furrowsNarrow plowed channels
- paddyFlooded rice-growing field
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
floodgate · diversion · headgate · agriculture · fields · crops · water rights · allocation
placer
Mineral-rich sediment accumulation
prospecting · ore · tailings · riffle · gravel · nugget · paydirt · claim · gold rush · alluvial
rush
Quick sudden movement
torrent · discharge · cascade · flush · deluge · outpour · spate · surge · channel · drain
flume
Constructed water channel
- troughOpen container for animal feed
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- racewayEnclosed competition circuit
millrace · chute · launder · aqueduct · culvert · waterway · canal · ditch · gutter · spillway
canals
Constructed water passages
terracing · floodgate · diversion · headgate · agriculture · fields · crops · water rights · allocation · distribution
floodgate
Water-controlling barrier mechanism
valve · penstock · headgate · spillway · barrier · hatch · regulator · wicket
- water systemswater pipes, water pipe, water storage, water line, irrigation ditches
- canal thingsPanama Canal, Suez Canal, Erie Canal, Venice canals, canal boats
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- Dutch Waterworkspolders, dikes, land reclamation, water management, dykes
- Dutch-Belgian InfrastructureSchiphol, canals, waterways, dikes, levees
- Fenlandsfenland, peat, peat bogs, marshland, dykes
sluicesdams
Water-blocking structures
barriers · levees · dikes · blockages · obstructions
sluicesdries
Loses moisture content
drains · desiccates · parches · dehydrates · absorbs
- sluice boxChannel for separating ore
- sluice gatesAdjustable barriers controlling waterflow