spillway
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| —n | |
| wasteweir, Also called: spill a channel that carries away surplus water, as from a dam | |
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Spillway
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spillway
passage for surplus water over or around a dam when the reservoir itself is full. Spillways are particularly important safety features for earth dams, protecting the dam and its foundation from erosion. They may lead over the dam or a portion of it or along a channel around the dam or a conduit through it.
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Example sentences
The spillway is designed to provide a safe path for the excess flows.
During that period, the hydro power was turned down causing excess water to go over the spillway.
Water that goes over a spillway as opposed to through a turbine picks up bubbles of nitrogen gas from the atmosphere.
Then, water from the spillway re-enters downstream of the dam.
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