Glossary entry

Latvian term or phrase:

augšbjefs/lejasbjefs

English translation:

forebay/afterbay

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Feb 12, 2006 19:47
18 yrs ago
Latvian term

augšbjefs/lejasbjefs

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Iesniegumam jāpievieno:
zvērināta mērnieka atzinuma kopiju par augšbjefa un lejasbjefa ūdens līmeņu mērīšanas iekārtu (mērlatu) piesaisti.......
Proposed translations (English)
4 forebay / afterbay

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Latvian term (edited): aug�bjefs/lejasbjefs
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forebay / afterbay

bjefs – udensteces posms augshpus (augshbjefs) vai lejpus (le-
jasbjefs) hidrotehniskaas buves aizsprosta

FOREBAY—The water behind a dam. A reservoir or pond situated at the intake of a pumping plant or power plant to stabilize water levels

AFTERBAY—The tail race or reservoir of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines used to regulate the flow below the plant; may refer to a short stretch of stream or conduit, or to a pond or reservoir

vai arii

HEADWATER—The water upstream from a structure or point on a stream.

TAIL WATER—In Hydraulics, water, in a river or channel, immediately downstream from a structure.
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