A facility that produces electricity using moving water
hydropower plant
The network that supplies electricity to homes and businesses
national grid
A large lake used to store water
reservoir /ˈrezəvwɑːr/
To show or represent something in a diagram
depict
To collect or gather gradually over time
accumulate
A pipe through which water enters the power station
intake pipe
To send electricity or signals from one place to another
transmit
A device that changes mechanical energy into electricity
generator
Machines that spin both ways to generate or pump water
reversible turbines
A process that repeats regularly in the same order
cycle