Tag:water=lock

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Description
Water area of the lock chamber Edit this description in the wiki page. Edit this description in the data item.
Group: waterways
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Status: de facto

water=lock is used for the area of a lock chamber in combination with natural=water. A lock chamber is used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

How to map

The mapping of a lock and its parts is described on wiki-site lock=*.

See also waterway=lock_gate and waterway=canal

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