A check dam is a small, sometimes temporary, dam constructed across a swale, drainage ditch, or waterway to counteract erosion by reducing water flow velocity...

measurement or retardation. A check dam is a small dam designed to reduce flow velocity and control soil erosion. Conversely, a wing dam is a structure that only...

Mount Merapi (Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ​ꦩꦼꦫꦥꦶ, romanized: gunung měrapi, Indonesian: Gunung Merapi, lit. 'Fire Mountain') is an active stratovolcano located on the...

Mangalar. Vaigai Dam is the major dam in this river which is present in Theni district. Vaigai gets major feed from the Periyar Dam in Kumili, Kerala...

2011. Govindasamy Agoramoorthy; Sunitha chaudhary; Minna J. HSU. "The Check-Dam Route to Mitigate India's Water Shortages" (PDF). Law library — University...

illegal construction. Revenue department ordered to demolish the illegal check dam constructed by P. V. Anvar for the water theme park. Anvar objected to...

and an arch of the Roselend Dam in France Buttreresses check dam in Japan Buttressed dams are so-called 'permitted dams'. They consist of piers of triangular...

a small check dam constructed on river Bhakharwadi near village Lapasari 8 km away from Rajkot city. About 50 McFt water from this Check Dam will be diverted...

uncertainty. Jathin's sister, Priyadarshini, protests against a controversial check dam in Nedumpally but is attacked and forced to flee into a forest, where...

better baseflow. Physical conservation structures such as stone bunds and check dams also intercept runoff. In the May Be'ati exclosure, more than 1000 precise...

(Charathupadi). The main check dams are: Moongakuzhy Check Dam for Lakkatoor drinking water project. Kaniparambu Check Dam for Moozhoor drinking water...

area, and joins the sea at Ennore Creek. The river has 9 check dams. There are two check dams across the river at Tamaraipakkam and Vallur. The excess...

Bijapur Dam is situated in the Garhi Cantonment area of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. The Bijapur check dam was built on the Tons river close to Karkuli...

avoid the flooding various check dams, called "bund" or "bundh", were built. Deforestation, ruined state of some of the check dams and obstruction to the...

construction of artery road from Amber to Man Sagar Dam (about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi)), construction of check dam in a 100 metres (330 ft) length with silt removed...

close to Thar Desert, through the use of johad, rainwater storage tanks, check dams and other time-tested as well as path-breaking techniques. Starting from...

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ಆಣೆಕಟ್ಟು - Āṇekaṭṭu ; Telugu language ఆనకట్ట - ÃnaKaṭṭa) , is a masonry check dam that is constructed across a stream to impound water for maintaining and...

has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Bundelkhand". Check dam project in Bundelkhand (Development Alternatives) Historic Blend, Frontline...

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animals. During inspection of the Chenkulam canal for the construction of a check dam, it was discovered that the unit had damaged the canal bank and filled...

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house Alp pile dwellings Stone roof Wattle and daub Water management Check dam Cistern Flush toilet Reservoir Well Other architecture Archaeological...

times a campaign to take up rain water harvesting. Significantly, the Check dam campaign from the late 1990s brought almost a drastic change resulting...

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check-dam [...] is built to retain runoff waters [...]. A spillway regulates the level of the water [...] to prevent the destruction of the check-dam...

most typical forms of agriculture in Aztec society were chinampas and check dam terrace farming. Chinampas' effective built-in drainage systems allowed...

dam for the purpose of providing irrigation water to Ayno Maina. The check dam traps rain water in its reservoir, which is mainly used for watering plants...

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August 2023. "Water from Kodiveri Check Dam released". The Hindu. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2023. "Kodiveri Dam, a weekend tourist destination in...