- A
dam is a
barrier that
stops or
restricts the flow of
surface water or
underground streams.
Reservoirs created by
dams not only
suppress floods but also...
- Look up
Dam,
dam, or
dams in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
dam is a
barrier obstructing flowing water.
Dam may also
refer to:
Dam,
Bhutan Dam, Gennep...
- ecosystems, and
siltation and
erosion patterns.
While dams can
ameliorate the
risks of flooding,
dam failure can be catastrophic. In 2021,
global installed...
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Hoover Dam is a
concrete arch-gravity
dam in the
Black Canyon of the
Colorado River, on the
border between the U.S.
states of
Nevada and Arizona. Constructed...
- Nova
Scotia Beaver Dam,
Arizona Beaver Dam, a
dam on
Beaver Lake,
Arkansas Beaver Dam,
Indiana Beaver Dam,
Kentucky Beaver Dam (Maryland),
flooded marble...
- for the
dam failure which occurred on
October 20, 1982, when an
unusually severe rainfall swelled the
river Jucar,
breaking the Tous
Dam. The
dam operator...
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Beaver Dam is a city in
Dodge County, Wisconsin,
United States,
along Beaver Dam Lake and the
Beaver Dam River. The po****tion was 16,708 at the 2020...
- man-made
dams by
volume of fill/structure. By
general definition, a
dam is a
barrier that
impounds water or
underground streams,
hence tailings dams are relegated...
- A
beaver dam or
beaver impoundment is a
dam built by beavers; it
creates a pond
which protects against predators such as coyotes,
wolves and bears, and...
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Millennium Dam and
sometimes referred to as the
Hidase Dam (Amharic: ሕዳሴ ግድብ, romanized: Hidāsē Gidib, Oromo:
Hidha Hidāsē), is a
gravity dam on the Blue...