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INFILTRATION GALLERY [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Speleology
DEF

A sizeable gallery with openings in its sides and bottom, extending generally horizontally into a water-bearing formation, for the purpose of collecting water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Spéléologie
DEF

Dans une formation aquifère, galerie horizontale qui longe les rives d'un cours d'eau.

OBS

On doit préférer l'expression «galerie de captage» à celle de «galerie d'infiltration». Cette expression désignerait plutôt en revanche, un ouvrage destiné à l'irrigation souterraine ou à la réalimentation des nappes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Espeleología
DEF

Conducto cerrado de bajo gradiente (dren o túnel) excavado en un acuífero que recoge agua subterránea por flujo gravitatorio.

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