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  • noun Plural form of cumec.

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Examples

  • The inflow was expected to rise to 4500 cumecs by Friday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • The dam's inflow was 3000 cumecs on Thursday morning as more heavy rains fell overnight in its catchment area.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • It would increase to 2500 cumecs by tomorrow as the dam level was rising.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Information received at the disaster centre was that 4000 cubic metres of water was fd only 2000 cumecs were being released into the Vaal River below.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • He said the fact that 4000 cumecs were flowing into the dam was bad news for Vereeniging as the authorities may have to open more sluice gates and so increase the outflow.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Discharge at Bloemhof dam in the Vaal drainage region was 2400 cumecs and should remain fairly constant.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • In Gauteng, water was being released at a rate of 2300cu m a second (cumecs) through 13 floodgates of the Vaal dam.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • At Phalaborwa in Northern Province the Olifants river was flowing at 1300 cumecs, the department said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • "Two of the 17 sluices had to be closed to keep the outflow at the current 2200cu m a second (cumecs)," she said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Water was also gushing over the dam wall, bringing the outflow to 2000 cumecs.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

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