River water inlet
A gate element that can control the amount of irrigation water intake. In typhoon season, the gate can be closed to protect crops from flooding.
- Project: Ksôkong Tsùn Irrigation System, Taiwan
- Climate: Tropical savanna climate with dry-winter characteristics
- Year: 1839
- Water type: river water
- Landscape type: river plain
- Altitude: 0-20 m.a.s.l. (meters above sea level)
- Soil condition: alluvial soil
- Materials: brick, wood, metal
- Period: permanent
- Form: point
- Use or Function: control