It is revealed that the roughness factor, slope of the canal bed, cross section of the canal and sediment sizes are the important factors which influence the sediment transport capacity of the canal.

渠道的糙率、比降、断面形状、来沙组成和引水流量是影响引黄渠道挟沙能力的主要因素；

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In the prism canal, the critical bed slope is an important conception.

棱柱体渠道中，临界底坡是一个重要概念。

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It is another eight-and-a-half-mile paddle east to the town of Newark, where you can overnight at the Vintage Gardens Bed and Breakfast if you do not want to camp along the banks of the canal.

BBC: Exploring New York��s Erie Canal