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The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
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The water channel built under a mill to supply the force necessary to turn a waterwheel for powering the mill and/or to carry products downstream. Also called a millrace. It was in such a channel that James Marshall first discovered gold.
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A channel or tunnel which returns used water to the canal
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a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine
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An area of rapidly-moving water immediately downstream from a dam, typically about a kilometer in length.
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river immediately downstream from a dam.
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A channel for discharging water after the generation of electricity.
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The channel that carries water away from a dam.
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The channel located between a hydroelectric powerhouse and the river into which the water is discharged after passing through the turbines.
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The canal or channel that carries water away from the dam.
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