Aqueduct
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Aqueduct may refer to:
Bridge
- Aqueduct (bridge), a bridge that is constructed to convey water over an obstacle, such as a ravine or valley and could also be used for agriculture.
- Navigable aqueduct (or water bridge), a water-filled bridge enabling boats, barges or ships on a waterway to cross over an obstacle, such as a ravine or valley
Water supply system
- Aqueduct (water supply), an artificial (man-made) channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another. This can be made of canals, pipelines, inverted siphons, reservoirs and tunnels
- Roman aqueduct, water supply systems constructed during the Roman Empire
- Puquio, underground water systems in Peru
- Aryk, an artificial channel for redirecting water in Central Asia and other countries
- Bisse, an irrigation canal, fixed on the mountainside in the Alps, for conducting water from melting glaciers
- Acequia, a community-operated watercourse used in Spain and former Spanish colonies in the Americas for irrigation.
- Levada, is an irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the Portuguese island of Madeira.
In anatomy
- A channel in the body that carries a natural body fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or the vestibular aqueduct.
In businesses
- Aqueduct Racetrack, a horse racing track and racino, located in New York City
In geography
- Aqueduct, California, former name of Monolith, California
- Aqueduct, Shropshire, a village/suburb in Telford, Shropshire, England
In media and entertainment
- Aqueduct (band), an indie pop band
- Aqueduct (comics), a fictional character in Marvel Comics
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