1
: an inclined channel for conveying water (as for power)
2
: a ravine or gorge with a stream running through it
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hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it
built a flume next to the road for runoff
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Address: 175 Gists Creek Road, Sevierville Wave Country Nashville’s Wave Country is an outdoor water park with three water flumes, two speed slides, and a kiddie pool with water-dropping features and a playground.
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Devarrick Turner, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
Wiberg Aquatic Center The Wiberg Aquatic Center at Wirth Park, 2585 N. Pilgrim Road, Brookfield, has diving boards, flume slides and water playground features for your kids to enjoy.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2024
Their objective is to ride every ride in Walt Disney World—every rollercoaster, carousel, log flume, slot car, centrifugal motion simulator and rotating educational theater stage show attraction, across all four parks—in a single operating day.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Equipped with a kiddie pool, two flume slides and speed slides, Wave Country has activities for people of any age, with proximity to a skating park and access to Two Rivers Golf Course.
—Antonia Lopez, The Tennessean, 28 July 2024
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Devarrick Turner, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
Wiberg Aquatic Center The Wiberg Aquatic Center at Wirth Park, 2585 N. Pilgrim Road, Brookfield, has diving boards, flume slides and water playground features for your kids to enjoy.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2024
Their objective is to ride every ride in Walt Disney World—every rollercoaster, carousel, log flume, slot car, centrifugal motion simulator and rotating educational theater stage show attraction, across all four parks—in a single operating day.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Equipped with a kiddie pool, two flume slides and speed slides, Wave Country has activities for people of any age, with proximity to a skating park and access to Two Rivers Golf Course.
—Antonia Lopez, The Tennessean, 28 July 2024
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“Flume.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flume. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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flume
noun1
: a sloping channel for carrying water (as for power)
2
: a ravine or gorge with a stream running through it
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