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Noun Concept
Categories: Hydraulic engineering, Dams by type, Rivers, Weirs
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weir  lowhead dam  diversion weir  Drowning machine  Low-water dam
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A low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow WordNet 3.0
English:
dam
hydraulic
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A low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level. Wikipedia
A dam-like structure Wikipedia Disambiguation
Barrier across a river designed to alter its flow characteristics Wikidata
An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. OmegaWiki
Adjustable dam. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
dam
dam plant
HAS PART
weir bridge
tilting weir
HAS KIND
weir
splash dam
Inflatable rubber dam
needle dam
tainter gate
+20 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Teddington Lock
Marsh Lock
Donnelly Weir
Chester Weir
Feildes Weir
+288 relations
HAZARD ON SITE
drowning
STUDIED BY
river engineering
river morphology
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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weir
Wikipedia
EN
weir
Wikidata
EN
weir
Wiktionary
EN
weir
OmegaWiki
EN
lowhead dam, weir
Wikipedia Redirections
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diversion weir, Drowning machine, Low-water dam, low head dam, lowhead dam, Weir (dam), Weired, weirs
Wikidata Alias
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low head dam

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