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camere de cădere ale podeţelor

English translation: culvert spillway

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Romanian term or phrase:	camere de cădere ale podeţelor
English translation:	culvert spillway
Entered by:	Cosmin Băduleţeanu

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04:43 Jul 8, 2011

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Romanian term or phrase: camere de cădere ale podeţelor

Este vorba despre evacuarea apelor pluviale căzute pe suprafaţa carosabilă a unui drum. Se explică faptul că apele pluviale sunt eliminate prin reţeaua de şanţuri laterale şi prin camerele de cădere ale podeţelor.

Cosmin Băduleţeanu KudoZ activity Questions: 229 (7 open) (9 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 370 Romania
Local time: 17:48

(roadside) chute / flume / spillway (synonyms)

Explanation:
eliminate prin reţeaua de şanţuri laterale şi prin camerele de cădere ale podeţelor - rainwater is disposed of through roadside channels/gutters and chutes/flumes/spillways.

By courtesy of the U.S. Government - Federal Highway Administration: Design of Roadside Drainage Channels (1965).

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Propun un răspun combinat cu cel al lui The rasmus: ”culvert spillway” - http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=culvert...

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Călin Anton
Local time: 17:48

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Mulţumesc, Călin!
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(roadside) chute / flume / spillway (synonyms)

Călin Anton

water inlet boxes for culverts

Mihaela Bordea

4 -1

Catch pit / Catch basin

LaraBarnett

Summary of reference entries provided

drainage chimney

elena1310

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3 hrs confidence:

water inlet boxes for culverts

Explanation:
http://www.precastsystemsllc.com/precast/products/inlets.php

culvert
A drain or waterway structure built transversely under a road, railway or embankment. A culvert usually comprises a pipe or a covered channel of box section large enough for a man to pass through.

Mihaela Bordea
Romania
Local time: 17:48
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Romanian
PRO pts in category: 8

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Catch pit / Catch basin

Explanation:
I have provided both the UK and US versions here. However, the terms are so similar they probably would not cause confusion between US and UK speakers anyway.

"World English Dictionary
CATCH PIT
— n
US and Canadian name: catch basin a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/catch pit

"World English Dictionary
CATCH BASIN
— n
( US ), ( Canadian ) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): catch pit a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/catch BASIN

Example sentence(s):

"Goole Swing Bridge is a six-span bridge, situated between..... CATCH PIT and apron arrangement on eastern embankment"
"Pennsylvania officials plan to remove a CATCH BASIN from a Tarentum bridge after another one and a pipe weighing 200 pounds fell from it."

Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/#sclient=psy&hl=en&biw=960&bih=577&s...
Reference: http://www.wpxi.com/news/24925983/detail.html

LaraBarnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:48
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Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

(roadside) chute / flume / spillway (synonyms)

Călin Anton
Local time: 17:48
PRO pts in category: 4

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Mulţumesc, Călin!

Reference comments

15 mins

Reference: drainage chimney

Reference information:
cămin pentru drenaj

Reference: http://www.proz.com/glossary-translations/english-to-romania...

elena1310
Romania
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Romanian

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