Usually means: Water channels directing flow downhill.
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  1. flumes: Merriam-Webster
  2. flumes: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. flumes: Wordnik
  5. flumes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. flumes: Wiktionary
  7. flumes: Dictionary.com
  8. flumes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (flume)

noun:  A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through.
noun:  An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids, especially to carry materials (logs, mined material, etc) or people (as a water slide), especially (but not always) one where the walls are raised above the surrounding terrain rather than recessed like a ditch.
verb:  (transitive) To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.
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