Locking
Under Verklausung of partial or complete closure is of a river cross-section as a result of alluvial propellant material or dead wood understood. As a result, the water is dammed up , which leads to rapidly and sharply rising water levels above the flow obstacle. The water now tries to flow over or around the flow obstacle. The consequences can be embankments and / or floods . Blockages mainly form at narrow points of water, such as piped streams, culverts or between bridge piers . Blockages in flood relief systems of reservoirs or in their bottom drains are particularly feared .
The root of the word refers to the Klause , a particularly narrow and steep section in a river valley.
literature
- Theodor Strobl, Franz Zunic: Hydraulic Engineering: Current Basics - New Developments , Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-22300-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ Strobl Zunic, page 589