- as
overflow channels.
Spillways ensure that
water does not
damage parts of the
structure not
designed to
convey water.
Spillways can
include floodgates...
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Weirs and
Spillways. Pergamon, Oxford, UK, Jan., 292 pages. ISBN 0-08-041918-6. Chanson, H. (2001). The
Hydraulics of
Stepped Chutes and
Spillways. Balkema...
- Open
channel spillways are dam
spillways that
utilize the
principles of open-channel flow to
convey impounded water in
order to
prevent dam failure. They...
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February 2017,
heavy rainfall damaged Oroville Dam's main and
emergency spillways,
prompting the
evacuation of more than 180,000
people living downstream...
- The
Morganza Spillway or
Morganza Control Structure is a flood-control
structure in the U.S.
state of Louisiana. It is
located along the
western bank of...
-
prevent water from
entering the
spillways but can
maintain an
extra 16 ft (4.9 m) of lake level.
Water flowing over the
spillways falls dramatically into 600-foot-long...
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Thottappally Spillway is Kuttanad's drain-way out to the
Arabian Sea. The
spillway splits Thottappally Lake with the
fresh water part to the east and...
- The
Pequannoc Spillway is a run-of-the-river
spillway constructed in the 1920s as part of the
Morris Canal system in the
Pompton Plains section of Pequannock...
- the
upper Colorado River that led to
extended use of its
tunnel spillways. The
spillways,
designed for short-term use, soon
underwent cavitation and began...
- The
Bonnet Carré
Spillway /ˈbɒniː ˈkɛriː/ is a
flood control operation in the
Lower Mississippi Valley.
Located in St.
Charles Parish, Louisiana, about...
