SEDIMENT INTERCEPTING GALLERIES

Domain	Definition
Building & Civil Engineering	Galleries built in the river with their entrances at the beginning of the inlet of an offtake to intercept bottom sediment and discharge it back into the river downstream. The intake pool is formed by a divide wall across the weir and a spillway downstream of the intake. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "SEDIMENT INTERCEPTING GALLERIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		sedimentafledende afsatser (sediment diverting galleries). (various references)

Dutch		omloopmolen voor zand-en slibafvoer (sediment diverting galleries). (various references)

Finnish		lietettä poisjohtava tunneli (sediment diverting galleries), lietettä poisjohtava kanava (sediment diverting galleries). (various references)

French		galeries d'interception des sédiments (sediment diverting galleries). (various references)

German		Sinkstoffableitende Galerien (sediment diverting galleries). (various references)

Greek		σήραγγες ανασχέσεως προσχώσεων (sediment diverting galleries). (various references)

Italian		sghiaiatore sul fronte di presa (sediment diverting galleries). (various references)

Pig Latin		edimentsay interceptingay alleriesgay

Portuguese		galerias de intercepção de sedimentos (sediment diverting galleries). (various references)

Spanish		galerías de intercepción de sedimentos (sediment diverting galleries), galería de desviación de sedimentos (sediment diverting galleries). (various references)

Swedish		sedimentavledande tunnelgalleri (sediment diverting galleries). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Specialty Definition: SEDIMENT INTERCEPTING GALLERIES