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Noun
/flo͞om/,
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flumes, plural;
  1. A deep narrow channel or ravine with a stream running through it

  2. An artificial channel conveying water, typically used for transporting logs or timber

  3. A water-chute ride at an amusement park

  1. gulch: a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
  2. watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs
  3. A flume is an open artificial water channel, in the form of a gravity chute, that leads water from a diversion dam or weir completely aside a natural flow. Often, the flume is an elevated box structure (typically wood) that follows the natural contours of the land. ...
  4. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through; An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids
  5. A natural or man-made channel that diverts water.
  6. A constructed channel lined with erosion-resistant materials used to convey water on the steep grades without erosion.
  7. A laboratory model of stream flow and sedimentation consisting of a rectangular channel filled with sediment and running water.
  8. Trough of water used to convey wood (24).
  9. Shaped, open-channel flow sections that force flow to accelerate. Acceleration is produced by converging the sidewalls, raising the bottom, or a combination of both. An artificial channel, often elevated above ground, used to carry fast flowing water. ...
  10. a small, U-shaped channel built into a river to aid the measurement of discharge.
  11. An inclined, narrow, artificial channel constructed to provide water for water wheels, power generation etc.
  12. A flume is an instream structure used to measure the rate and quantity of streamflow.
  13. garganta por cuyo fondo pasa un torrente; canal de madera; canal para tomar agua y conducirla adonde se necesita
  14. Flow measuring device for open channel flow. Water travels through a restriction and the flow rate is determined using the water height on a staff gauge.
  15. (1) An open conduit of wood, masonry or metal constructed on a grade and sometimes elevated. Sometimes called aqueduct. (2) A ravine or gorge with a stream running through it. (3) To transport in a flume, as is done with logs. ...
  16. It is the shallowest part of the river, where the water runs faster and, therefore, is more oxygenated. There are slow and fast flumes, with or without white waters, lying on against one bank or in the middle of the river, short, deep, lower, as the anteroom or exit of a large pool. ...
  17. (F.: Canal d'essai; S.: Canaleta). Manmade channel with clearly specified shape and dimensions which may be used for the measurement of discharge.
  18. a narrow gorge, usually with a stream flowing through it, - an open artificial channel or chute carrying stream of water, as for furnishing power, conveying logs or as a measuring device
  19. A flume is an open channel or conduit of metal, concrete or wood, on a prepared grade, trestle, or bridge.
  20. (1979), Known as Ye Olde Log Flume until the early 1990s. The Flume is a log flume ride. The balcony over the Flume's splashdown pool is one of the park's most popular dining locations. The Flume's feature final drop was rebuilt for the 2006 season. ...
  21. An open channel, conduit, made from plastic, galvanised corrugated steel, and sometimes concrete, or timber, which is used to carry runoff from earthworks over loose fill or erodible material so that it can be discharged onto less erodible surfaces.
  22. A sloped channel used to convey water that is commonly constructed of wood or concrete. Some specialized flumes are used to measure flow, such as the Parshall flume, by means of a calibrated throat or cross section See weir.
  23. A moderate-size ditch or channel for conducting water.
  24. An inclined waterway, most often a channel dug in the hillside to transport water to hydraulic mining camps. Simply described, they are similar to a long series of sluices, and in fact, the name flume was once synonymous with sluice.
  25. wooden trough for running water