Glossary

Inland Waterways

Figure 1 - Inland waterways in the European Union
(source: STC-NESTRA © and UNECE)

Figure 2 - Push and self-propelled convoy on the
Rhône (source: CNR © C. Moirenc)

Figure 3 - Waterways water supply scheme

Figure 4 - Panama Canal, Agua Clara lock (© Panama
Canal Authority)

Figure 5 - Water level along a moving boat (from
[5])

Figure 6 - Waves generated by a boat in a channel
(from [1])

Figure 7 - Canal cross-section

Figure 8 - Lowering of the stern of a boat in a
canal

Figure 9 - Mixed bank landscaping

Figure 10 - Bollène lock on the Rhône (source:
CNR ©)

Figure 11 - Outport diagram

Figure 12 - Feeding by bypassing the heads

Figure 13 - port feeding

Figure 14 - Savings basins diagram

Figure 15 - Typical cross-sections of concrete
lock chambers

Figure 16 - Typical cross-section
of a steel sheet pile lock chamber

Figure 17 - Miter gates

Figure 18 - Lifting gates

Figure 19 - Suspended sliding door

Figure 20 - Wheelbarrow carrier

Figure 21 - Floating and
funicular elevator diagrams

Figure 22 - Cross-section
of a lift gate dam

Figure 23 - Cross-section
of a flap gate dam

Figure 24 - Vives-Eaux
dam on the Seine (© www.didiergauducheau.com)

Figure 25 - Cross-section
of a sector gate dam

Figure 26 - Typical cross-section
of a radial gate dam with flap control

Figure 27 - Schematic cross-section of an inflatable
dam

Figure 28 - Concrete weir

Figure 29 - Rockfill weir

Figure 30 - Port of Lyon Edouard Herriot (source:
CNR © C. Moirenc)