Baffle blocks

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File:LagunaDiversionDam01.jpg, shown here, uses a baffle chute drop structure to pass water to a lower elevation.]]

Baffle blocks are concrete structures with different shapes, for example trapezoidal,[https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2018/21/matecconf_bcee32018_03005.pdf Effect of baffle block configurations on characteristics of hydraulic jump in adverse stilling basins], Ali Abbas,Haider Alwash, Ali Mahmood, MATEC Web of Conferences 162, 03005 (2018), matec-conferences.org used in flowing water to reduce its force.{{cn|date=November 2024}} They are arranged in several rows in stilling basins. They are used in spillways and dams,{{cn|date=November 2024}} in irrigation systems,{{cite journal | url=https://www.civilejournal.org/index.php/cej/article/view/2055 | doi=10.28991/cej-2020-03091521 | title=The Effects of Different Shaped Baffle Blocks on the Energy Dissipation | date=2020 | last1=Al-Mansori | first1=Nassrin Jassim Hussien | last2=Alfatlawi | first2=Thair Jabbar Mizhir | last3=Hashim | first3=Khalid S. | last4=Al-Zubaidi | first4=Laith S. | journal=Civil Engineering Journal | volume=6 | issue=5 | pages=961–973 }} to protect fishes in rivers with hydrotechnical installations,{{cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108418 | title=The application of baffle block in mitigating TDGS of dams with different discharge patterns | date=2021 | last1=Huang | first1=Juping | last2=Li | first2=Ran | last3=Feng | first3=Jingjie | last4=Li | first4=Zhe | last5=Cheng | first5=Xiaolong | last6=Wang | first6=Zhenhua | journal=Ecological Indicators | volume=133 | bibcode=2021EcInd.13308418H | doi-access=free }} to improve sediment deposition, as a solution to scouring in hydraulic projects{{Cite web |title=download |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/603023 |website=dergipark.org.tr}} and in flood control.