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PREFERRED TERM

 

DEFINITION

  • Check dams: small barrier built across the direction of water flow on shallow rivers and streams intended to convey runoff during peak flow and to slow and hold surface water long enough for the water to deposit sediment it is carrying; facilitates irrigation by using the upstream bay of the dam as pump sump.

    Created: 9/8/21

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BROADER CONCEPT

IN OTHER LANGUAGES

  • Created: 2021-09-08T15:49:36

    skos:notation: 278192ca

    蓄水坝

    Chinese

  • Created: 2021-09-08T15:47:33

    skos:notation: 278192ca

    check dams

    English

  • Created: 2021-09-08T15:51:47

    skos:notation: 278192ca

    barrage régulateur

    French

  • Created: 2021-09-08T15:50:24

    skos:notation: 278192ca

    Dique de consolidación

    Spanish

  • Created: 2024-01-27T07:52:35

    skos:notation: 278192ca

    cheki mabwawa

    Swahili

  • Created: 2021-09-21T15:32:47

    skos:notation: 278192ca

    kontrol bendi

    Turkish

URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_278192ca

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