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Descriptor English: Dams
Descriptor Spanish: Presas
Descriptor presas
Scope note: 1. Barrera atravesada en un río, provista de una serie de compuertas u otros mecanismos, para controlar el nivel del agua que se encuentra por encima de la barrera, regular el flujo o para derivar reservas de agua a un canal. (OFDA - Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance; Material II - IDNDR, 1992).
Descriptor Portuguese: Barragens
Descriptor French: Barrages
Entry term(s): Barrages
Barrier
Tree number(s): SP4.895.141.267.598
SP4.895.141.801.110.146
Scope note: Barrier across a stream provided with a series of gates or other control mechanisms to control the water-surface level upstream, to regulate the flow or to divert water supplies into a canal (OFDA - Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance; Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Water Supply MeSH
DeCS ID: 16282
Unique ID: DDCS016282
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Dams - Preferred
Concept UI FD00057783
Scope note Barrier across a stream provided with a series of gates or other control mechanisms to control the water-surface level upstream, to regulate the flow or to divert water supplies into a canal (OFDA - Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance; Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Preferred term Dams
Entry term(s) Barrages
Barrier



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