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flume

1. a ravine through which a stream flows

2. a narrow artificial channel made for providing water for power, floating logs, etc.

3. a slide in the form of a long and winding tube with a stream of water running through it that descends into a purpose-built pool

flume

[flüm]

(engineering)

An open channel constructed of steel, reinforced concrete, or wood and used to convey water to be utilized for power, to transport logs, and so on.

To divert by a flume, as the waters of a stream, in order to lay bare the auriferous sand and gravel forming the bed.

(geology)

A ravine with a stream flowing through it.

flume

An open channel for carrying water; usually constructed of metal, concrete, or wood.

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It is great to see the new waterslides now being installed, curving their way up from the main pool area towards the new flume tower.

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The fairground veteran behind the resurrection of the attraction - Henry Danter - has reflected on the first year with the return of the log flume and what lies in store for the future of Barry Island Pleasure Park.

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The new log flume at Barry Island Pleasure Park reopened last week and made quite a splash - something visitors will also be doing when Rhondda Cynon Taf council launches its 2016 season at Lido Ponty, in Ynysangharad War Memorial Park.

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Clearly not too concerned about whether she got her hair wet, the princess smiled serenely as she plunged down the log flume and sped around the rapids.

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Replacement of the wood flume trestles was included in the 1995 Comprehensive Water Conservation Plan and again in the 2007 Modernization Plan.

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All of the experiments were conducted in a flume located at hydraulic laboratory of Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz.

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To compound matters, later that day we went on a trip to an Australian theme park and I broke the log flume.

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The modifications we made were appropriate ones, but the wave flume was really much too short to allow us to generate the whole of the wave: a lkm wavelength at a scale of 1:50 in -a flume only 50m long.

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