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A graph showing, for a given point on a stream, the discharge, height, or other characteristic of a flood with respect to time.
Industry:Energy
A fault which, because of its present tectonic setting, can undergo movement from time to time in the immediate geologic future.
Industry:Energy
An opening through which water can be freely discharged from a reservoir to the river for a particular purpose.
Industry:Energy
A structure over or through which flow is discharged from a reservoir. If the rate of flow is controlled by mechanical means, such as gates, it is considered a controlled spillway. If the geometry of the spillway is the only control, it is considered an uncontrolled spillway.
Industry:Energy
The maximum spillway outflow that a dam can safely pass with the reservoir at its maximum level.
Industry:Energy
A device constructed in a waterway to reduce the kinetic energy of fast flowing water.
Industry:Energy
The area from which natural materials, such as rock, gravel or soil, used for construction purposes is excavated.
Industry:Energy
A gate hinged along one edge, usually either the top or bottom edge. Examples of bottom-hinged flap gates are tilting gates and fish belly gates so called from their shape in cross section.
Industry:Energy
