Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

canal de coronamiento

English translation:

embanked canal/channel

Added to glossary by bigedsenior
May 17, 2005 21:50
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term

canal de coronamiento

Spanish to English Other Geography
This is the sentence. It is in Peru.
En dicha área se encuentra el terminal del Canal Robinsky (que es un canal de coronamiento) que conduce agua de escorrentía en época de lluvias cerca de la mina.

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embanked canal/channel

Also could be diked or perched.
A canal with dikes, levies or embankments.

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... <<<embanked channel>>> fromthe head, 3600 feetof. masonrylined canal out fromthe
river,1800 feetof. brickconduit of3 ft. diameter toCapitol Mills with a ...
www.pcas.org/documents/MayNewsletter.pdf - Similar pages

[PDF] Mediterranean Storms
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... adjacent point in a main <<<embanked channel>>>. Sluiced channels in the model are
typically 20 to 30. metres long with a culvert of 600 mm in diameter and 18 ...
www.opw.ie/hydrology/data/speeches/NHS2004_OKANE.pdf -
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open canal

coronamiento in this context means also culminación i.e. on top and this again suggests one of those open mining sluices or canals.
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neutral Kim Metzger : I don't understand how you arrived at "open" from "on the top."
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