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flume
An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids
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A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through
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{n} a channel or passage for water
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Trough of water used to convey wood (24)
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In general, any open channel for carrying water More specifically, an open channel constructed above the earth's surface, usually supported on a trestle or on piers
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(i) Open conduit for conveying water across obstructions (ii) An entire canal elevated above natural ground An aqueduct (iii) A specially calibrated structure for measuring open channel flows
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An inclined channel, usually of wood and often supported by a trestle, for conveying water from a distance to be utilized for various purposes including placer mining
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watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs
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A wooden trough designed to carry water, sometimes at great distances where the water could be used to wash ore
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In mining, an inclined channel or trough used to transport water to the place of mining
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a long narrow structure built for water to slide down, which is used to move water or wood, or which people slide down for fun (flum, from flumen )
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A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity
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A natural or man-made channel that diverts water
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a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
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(or bridge with sideboards) for passing flood water across an irrigation ditch or canal
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Structure which conveys water over a channel or a waterway A flume is generally constructed out of Precast Concrete (PCP) or Corrugated Metal (CMP) pipe The largest flume in the Elephant Butte Irrigation Project is the Picacho Flume located across the Rio Grande in New Mexico
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A device constructed to convey water on steep grades; it is lined with erosion-resistant materials G
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{i} artificial ditch; ravine, gully