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English translation: backwater/drawdown curve

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Spanish term or phrase:	(curva de) remaneo
English translation:	backwater/drawdown curve
Entered by:	Sandra Holt

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21:09 May 19, 2008

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Spanish term or phrase: (curva de) remaneo

What is "remaneo" here?
"...siempre que los resultados sean más desfavorables, deberá sustituirse en dichas fórmulas la altura del conducto por el valor del calado a la salida, el cual podrá deducirse de la correspondiente ***curva de remaneo***..."

neilmac KudoZ activity Questions: 1069 (3 open) (8 without valid answers) (63 closed without grading) Answers: 2821 Spain
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backwater/drawdown curve

Explanation:
"curva de remanso" http://www.aguamarket.com/diccionario/terminos.asp?Id=4949

Spanish curva de remanso backwater curve.
http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/translation/Spanis...

Calculation back water curve or drawdown water curve
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/5606/calculat/st...

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Sandra Holt
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Local time: 06:07

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Thanks to slothm too, it's all grist to the mill :-)
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Detention basin curve

slothm

backwater/drawdown curve

Sandra Holt

Discussion entries: 9

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Detention basin curve

Explanation:
http://www.mainroads.qld.gov.au/web/AttachStore.nsf/allobjec...$file/RDDM_Contents.pdf

A detention (retention/retarding/compensating) basin is a storage pond, basin or tank used to reduce and attenuate the peak discharge within a drainage system. The capacity and flow parameters are calculated with a mathematical curve.

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Asker: So it is a typo? If so, I've found "backwater curve" ...

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backwater/drawdown curve

Sandra Holt
Spain
Local time: 06:07
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 63

Grading comment

Thanks to slothm too, it's all grist to the mill :-)

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May 20, 2008 - Changes made by Sandra Holt:
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