engineered waterway
C26460
concept
An engineered waterway is a human-made or heavily modified channel or system designed to control, convey, or manage water for purposes such as navigation, irrigation, drainage, flood control, or power generation.
Observed surface forms (27)
- hydraulic engineering system ×4
- artificial watercourse ×3
- man-made channel ×3
- artificial river ×2
- hydraulic engineering work ×2
- water diversion channel ×2
- 19th-century waterway ×1
- acequia ×1
- artificial diversion channel ×1
- artificial river channel ×1
- artificial river distributary ×1
- channelized waterway ×1
- concrete-lined channel ×1
- engineered water supply system ×1
- fishway system ×1
- historic waterway project ×1
- hydraulic engineering infrastructure ×1
- industrial power canal network ×1
- inland waterways project ×1
- inter-basin waterway ×1
- man-made canal ×1
- man-made hydraulic tunnel ×1
- man-made river ×1
- man-made waterway network ×1
- themed artificial waterway ×1
- water-conveyance canal ×1
- water-diversion channel ×1
Instances (40)
- Venice Canals via concept surface "man-made waterway network"
- Band-e Kaisar via concept surface "hydraulic engineering work"
- Colusa Basin Drain
- Volga–Kama cascade of reservoirs via concept surface "hydraulic engineering system"
- fishways at Hell's Gate via concept surface "fishway system"
- C&O Canal via concept surface "19th-century waterway"
- Croome River (engineered watercourse) via concept surface "man-made river"
- Lockport Cave via concept surface "man-made hydraulic tunnel"
- Ellesmere Canal (historic) via concept surface "historic waterway project"
- Madera Canal via concept surface "water-conveyance canal"
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Machine de Marly (historical water supply system)
via concept surface "hydraulic engineering work"
surface form: Machine de Marly
- Yamuna River (historical feed via aqueducts and channels) via concept surface "engineered water supply system"
- Acequia de Mestalla via concept surface "acequia"
- Fort Pierce Inlet via concept surface "man-made channel"
- Burbank Western Channel via concept surface "concrete-lined channel"
- Ropsha hills gravity system via concept surface "hydraulic engineering system"
- Portage Diversion via concept surface "water diversion channel"
- Lawrence Canal system via concept surface "industrial power canal network"
- Orinoco–Amazon waterway via concept surface "inter-basin waterway"
- Bergsche Maas via concept surface "artificial river distributary"
- Eisbach via concept surface "artificial river"
- New Motława via concept surface "artificial river channel"
- Mother Brook via concept surface "man-made canal"
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Shushtar
via concept surface "hydraulic engineering system"
surface form: Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
- Shannon River headrace canal
- Lost River Diversion Channel
- Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System via concept surface "hydraulic engineering system"
- Waterworks River via concept surface "channelized waterway"
- Murray River lock and weir system via concept surface "hydraulic engineering infrastructure"
- Government Cut via concept surface "man-made channel"
- Jal Marg Vikas Project via concept surface "inland waterways project"
- Rivers of America via concept surface "themed artificial waterway"
- Loch (Central Park) via concept surface "artificial watercourse"
- Red River Floodway via concept surface "artificial diversion channel"
- Baopingkou (Bottle-Neck) channel via concept surface "water-diversion channel"
- Rhee Wall via concept surface "artificial watercourse"
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Westernland
via concept surface "artificial river"
surface form: Rivers of America
- Ware River (diversion) via concept surface "water diversion channel"
- County Ditch 10 via concept surface "artificial watercourse"
- Lake Worth Inlet via concept surface "man-made channel"