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|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.
|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
|synonyms=backwater at the bow
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|source=translated from "Gutachten zum Donauausbau, Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau, Karlsruhe, 2001" by Alejandro and Hannah Carrizo
|source=translated from "Gutachten zum Donauausbau, Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau, Karlsruhe, 2001" by Alejandro and Hannah Carrizo
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|links=
|name_de=Bugstau
|name_de=Bugstau
}}
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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

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Source

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

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