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- dam summary | Britannicadam, Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such uses as human consumption, irrigation, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation.
- National Inventory of Dams | FEMA.govThe database contains information about a dam’s location, type, size, purpose, uses and benefits, date of last inspection, other structural and geographical information and much more. There are more than 70 data fields for each dam.
- Dams 101 | Association of State Dam SafetyThe purpose of a dam is to impound (store) water, wastewater or liquid borne materials for any of several reasons, such as flood control, human water supply, irrigation, livestock water supply, energy generation, containment of mine tailings, recreation, or pollution control. Many dams fulfill a combination of the above functions.
- Dam | Definition, History, Types, Environmental Impacts, Examples ...dam, structure built across a stream, a river, or an estuary to retain water. Dams are built to provide water for human consumption, for irrigating arid and semiarid lands, or for use in industrial processes. They are used to increase the amount of water available for generating hydroelectric power, to reduce peak discharge of floodwater ...
- Dam - The modern dam | BritannicaMost modern dams are of two basic types: masonry (concrete) gravity designs and embankment (earthfill or rockfill) designs. Masonry dams are typically used to block streams running through relatively narrow gorges, as in mountainous terrain; although the structures may be very high, the total amount of material required for such sites is limited.
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