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FLOODGATE [5 records]

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Record 1 2022-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

An artificially enclosed body of water confined by a dam, dike, floodgate or other barrier, typically with fluctuating water levels and high turbidity.

CONT

While small-scale pond construction would probably have little significance adverse effects on the mangrove ecosystem and its adjacent coastal ecosystem, this is not the case with large-scale impoundment. The conversion of large areas of mangrove to ponds may result in the reduction of adjacent fishery yields. The question here is: will the [aquaculture] ponds be more efficient than the natural ecosystem?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Plan d'eau créé artificiellement par la construction d'un barrage, d'une digue, [d'une] vanne ou [d'un] autre type de barrière [...]

OBS

[Généralement,] son niveau d'eau fluctue fortement et la turbidité de l'eau y est élevée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acuicultura
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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

floodgate : an item in the "Structures" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

vantelle d'écluse : objet de la classe «Constructions» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Radio Waves
CONT

The weather and floodgate voice files can be available in multiple audio file formats. Currently these files are produced in a wave format.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Ondes radioélectriques
CONT

Échange de programmes sonores destinés à la radiodiffusion et enregistrés sous forme de fichiers au format d'onde de radiodiffusion sur disques compacts enregistrables et sur disques numériques polyvalents.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks (Canals)
DEF

A gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing a body of water.

CONT

Highest fish species numbers and abundances occurred in the ungated natural tributaries and in drains downstream of flood-gates. ... Even though saline waters from the main river system penetrated the majority of the floodgates during most of the study period, fish passage through these gates was found to be very restricted. [Dialog Data Base].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écluses

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esclusas
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Record 5 2007-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Call Distribution Systems
  • Telephone Services
DEF

A process by which a high priority warning message is available immediately to all callers in a defined region.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distributeurs d'appels (Téléphonie)
  • Services téléphoniques

Spanish

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