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Weir

A weir /wɪər/, or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a body of water that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the water level. Weirs are used to control the flow of water in rivers, outlets of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs, industrial discharge, and drainage control structures. There are…

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Weir

Nodes59
Edges58
Triples79
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
Components1

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Weir

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related to Common types · 21
Weir → Buckinghamshire, Dobbs Weir, Dorset, Durham, FranceA, Hambleden, Hambleden Lock, Hertfordshire, New ZealandA, Revin, River Meuse, River Stour, River Thames, River Wear, Sturminster Newton, The, There, UK, UKTwo, V-notch
related to Etymology · 6
Weir → English, Middle English, Old English, The, The German, Wehr
related to Flood control and altering river conditions · 6
Weir → By, Many, On, River Thames, Sluice, Weirs
related to Safety · 6
Weir → As, Canoers, Even, Hopefully, The Ohio DNR, The Pennsylvania State Police
related to Fish migration · 5
Weir → Any, In, Recent, Unlike, Weirs
related to Polynomial · 5
Weir → Head-Discharge, High-order, In, The, V-notch
related to Control of invasive species · 4
Weir → As, For, Great Lakes, This
related to Flow over a V-notch weir · 4
Weir → Kindsvater, Shen, The, V-notch
is a · 3
Weir → compound weir that also has fish ladders to allow fish such as salmon to navigate the weirThe weir at Hambleden Lock on the River Thames at Hambleden, flat-crested structure, weir that has a geometry defined by a polynomial equation of any order n
measured by · 3
Weir → However, Since, When

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Weiris acompound weir that also has fish ladders to allow fish such as salmon to navigate the weirThe weir at Hambleden Lock on the River Thames at Hambleden0.90text
Weiris aflat-crested structure0.90text
Weiris aweir that has a geometry defined by a polynomial equation of any order n0.90text
salmon to navigate the weirThe weir at Hambleden Lock on the River Thames at Hambledeninstance ofthe lower weir is a compound weir that also has fish ladders to allow fish0.80text
Buckinghamshireinstance ofthe lower weir is a compound weir that also has fish ladders to allow fish0.80text
Weirmeasured byWhen0.60section
Weirmeasured bySince0.60section
Weirmeasured byHowever0.60section
Weirrelated to Broad-crestedThis0.60section
Weirrelated to Common typesThere0.60section
Weirrelated to Common typesThe0.60section
Weirrelated to Common typesSturminster Newton0.60section

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