User:Nankai/Aqueduct (watercourse)
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This page is about conduits used for water supply. For bridges for conveying water, see aqueduct (bridge). For bridges used by boats, see navigable aqueduct. For other uses, see aqueduct (disambiguation).
An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to convey water. In modern engineering, the term aqueduct is used for any system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose[1] The term aqueduct often refers specifically to a bridge on an artificial watercourse.[2] The word is derived from the Latin aqua ("water") and ducere ("to lead").[3] There are many other names for an artificial watercourse, including leat, aquecia, flume, water race.