- 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...
- The
Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese: 三峡大坝;
traditional Chinese: 三峽大壩; pinyin: Sānxiá Dàbà) is a
hydroelectric gravity dam that
spans the Yangtze...
-
Hirakud Dam is
built across the
Mahanadi River,
about 10
kilometres (6.2 mi) from
Sambalpur in the
state of
Odisha in India. It is the
longest earthen dam in...
- Hume
Dam,
formerly the Hume Weir, is a
major dam across the
Murray River downstream of its
junction with the
Mitta River in the
Riverina region of New...
-
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...
- an
American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Rob Van
Dam (frequently
abbreviated to RVD). He is
signed to WWE
under a
Legends contract...
- The
Teton Dam was an
earthen dam in the
western United States, on the
Teton River in
eastern Idaho. It was
built by the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation, one...
- The
Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill
embankment dam on the
Bhagirathi River in New Tehri,
Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India...
-
Rihand Dam also
known as
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is the
second largest dam of
India by
volume (storage) next only to
Indirasagar Dam of
Madhya Pradesh...
- The
Sterkfontein Dam,
located just
outside the town of Harrismith, in the Free State,
province of
South Africa, is part of the Tugela-Vaal
Water Project...
