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PREFERRED TERM

impingement

DEFINITION

Impingement is the physical contact of a fish with such a barrier structure (screen) due to intake velocities which are too high to allow the fish to escape.
Source: https://dep.wv.gov/oil-and-gas/Water%20Management/Documents/Entrainment%20and%20Impingement%20Prevention%20BMPs_Final.pdf
Created: 1/14/22
(en)

BROADER CONCEPT

natural phenomena (en)

RELATED CONCEPTS

entrainment (en)

ENTRY TERMS

Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37
fish impingement (en)
Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37
power plant impingement (en)

SCOPE NOTE

Trapping of aquatic organisms by power plant screens (en)

IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Created: 2024-03-07T17:09:42Z
冲击

Chinese
Created: 2022-12-01T17:38:38
placage des poissons

French
Created: 2022-03-16T12:47:15
Last modified: 2023-10-19T09:23:17
balık çarpması

Turkish

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