11. To alleviate flooding, reservoirs have been built and artificial channels dug to divert excess water directly into the sea. 12. The latter bridge spans the artificial channel between the " Mar Grande " and the " Mar Piccolo ". 13. There are also the remains of a number of leats, artificial channels to divert streams to the thirsty mine. 14. This has been cut off by an artificial channel that runs through flood control structures directly to the Mississippi. 15. They provided the only access for ocean-going vessels to Biscayne Bay until artificial channels were dredged starting early in the 20th century. 16. At Henley it joins the artificial channels of the Sutton Moor Rhyne and the King's Sedgemoor Drain, both of which drain the wetland. 17. Numerous artificial channels , called " canals ", have been constructed to connect two bodies of water over land, such as the Suez Canal. 18. In order to keep the water in control during construction, two sluices, artificial channels for conducting water, were kept open in the dam. 19. The river flows through an artificial channel into the normally dry Tulare Lake bed about ten miles ( 16 km ) south of Stratford. 20. In the early 20th century, an artificial channel diverted the water from these wetlands to the Columbia Slough, a tributary of the Willamette River.
