| However, be that as it might, not one of them but knew how to open the sluices. |
| These are then used to keep the cruiser steady as water sluices out of the lock. |
| Before the construction of dams and barrages, floodwaters would spill out of the river's banks and, channeled by sluices and dikes, cover most of the agricultural land. |
| The fields are bounded by drainage ditches and sluices are now being added so that the water levels can be controlled to provide the optimum conditions. |
| Another option is to open sluices, releasing water and lowering river levels. |
| Locally the sluices and waterways from the flood plain to the river are in several cases clogged up. |
