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Revision as of 15:02, 8 February 2017

Definition

Long-periodic raising of the water level directly in front of the bow of a moving ship (stagnation point) due to the cross-sectional narrowing and the diversion of flow lines (roughly comparable to a pillar jam), part of the primary wave system.

Synonyms

backwater at the bow

Abbreviations

Source

translated from "Gutachten zum Donauausbau, Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau, Karlsruhe, 2001" by Alejandro and Hannah Carrizo

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