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The diagram demonstrates the generation of electricity in a hydroelectric power station.

Overall, it is transparent that the diagram could be separated into two stages involving day and night
stages, commencing with the daylight steps when water flows to a high-level reservoir and culminating
in the generation of electricity to supply the national grid. In the night phase, the water from the low-
level reservoir flows back in the opposite direction to the initial reservoir.

In the daylight step of the process, water is supplied by the river which is then witnessed in the storage
of water in a high-level reservoir. The intake area is opened during the daytime and closed when the
nighttime comes. Subsequently, water then flows to the power station through a pipe. Following this,
the water is moved upward to generate electricity, and the final product is then sent to the national grid
after passing the power lines, whereas the water then continues to a low-level reservoir.

Regarding the night phase of the electricity production, water from the low-level reservoir is then
pumped back into the power station, where the reversible turbines operate in the opposite direction.
After that, the mentioned water undergoes a process where they are finally pumped back into the initial
place, considering the intake area opened at nighttime.

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