spillway
IPA: spˈɪɫweɪ
noun
- A path designed to take away overflow safely.
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Examples of "spillway" in Sentences
- It is to be converted into a spillway.
- South of the dam is the emergency spillway.
- The spillway of the dam was finished in 1926.
- At the end of the inlet, there is the spillway.
- It is an earthfill dam with a concrete spillway.
- The spillway will be upgraded in the longer term.
- Construction of the spillway was completed in 1958.
- The main spillway has a discharge capacity of and the auxiliary spillway.
- The earth embankment is long with two submersible spillways, long and long.
- The spillway is called an uncontrolled spillway because it has no tainter gates.
- The spillway, which is here to the side, is 143.8 meters wide and 427.8 meters long.
- The spillway is a concrete-lined opening cut through a hill of rock near the center of the dam.
- Then we went out and bought Bond Park and made a deal with the county that the spillway could be a part of the park.
- The spillway is located on the right bank, and it has 14 segmented sluice-gates with a total discharge rate of 62,200 cubic meters per second.
- The spillway is a good place for rice and crawfish, and Marty Frey said that if it floods only once every 30 years or so, he believes it is well worth continuing to work there.
- This intentional flood is more controlled, however, and residents are warned by the Corps each year in letters, reminding them of the possibility of opening the spillway, which is 4,000 feet long and has 125 gate bays.
- This intentional flood is more controlled, however, and residents are warned by the corps each year in written letters, reminding them of the possibility of opening the spillway, which is 4,000 feet long and has 125 gate bays.
- This intentional flood is more controlled, however, and residents are warned by the corps each year in written letters, reminding them of the possibility of opening the spillway, which is about 1,200 metres long and has 125 gate bays.