Diversion dam

DefinitionEdit

A water wheel, i e a hydraulic powered device, for divert water a channel.

etimologyEdit

dam protogermanic dammaz

and

diversion from divert (remove the water via a channel)

ExampleEdit

In Mesopotamia, very large weirs and diversion dams were built, to create reservoirs and to supply canals that carried water over considerable distances across flat areas.^[1]

TranslationEdit

es azuda

de. Umleitung Dam

zh-tw:水车

1. ↑ History of water resources

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