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    DAMS (formerly Driot-Arnoux Motorsport, currently Driot Associés Motor Sport; racing as DAMS Lucas Oil for sponsorship reasons) is an auto racing team...
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    They introduced reservoir dams, arch-gravity dams, arch dams, buttress dams, and multiple arch buttress dams. In Iran, bridge dams were used for hydropower...
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  • 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...
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    state-wise list of dams and reservoirs in India. As of July, 2019, total number of large dams in India is 5,334. About 447 large dams are under construction...
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    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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    fertilizers . There are 2,250 dams, weirs, catchments, and barrages in New South Wales. Of these, 135 facilities are considered major dams according to the Australian...
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    many of these dams is to produce hydroelectricity. As can be seen in the lists, these dams provide many tens of gigawatts of power. Major dam construction...
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    range of size for use in an embankment dam. Earth-fill dams, also called earthen dams, rolled-earth dams or earth dams, are constructed as a simple embankment...
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  • Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of...
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  • This is a list of dams and reservoirs in Romania. "AQUASTAT Dams Geo-referenced database, country file Romania". FAO. Retrieved 2019-11-05. "Geography...
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    rivers and their hydro-ecological systems are affected by reservoirs and dams. A dam acts as a barrier between the upstream and downstream movement of migratory...
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  • Matteo Dams (born 9 March 2004) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for PSV of the Eredivisie. From Brasschaat, Dams joined the academy at PSV...
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    mouth. In dentistry, use of a rubber dam is sometimes referred to as isolation or moisture control. Dental dams are also used for safer oral sex. The...
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    combination of two original dams. Google Earth images show new dams being built which could ultimately join the main dam and increase the overall length...
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  • This is a list of dams and reservoirs in Spain by administrative division. Alarcón Dam Entrepeñas Reservoir Aldeadávila Dam Almendra Dam El Burguillo Reservoir...
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  • dams, arranged by continent and country. Djorf Torba Dam Keddara Dam Koudiat Acerdoune Dam Meraldene Dam boughrara Dam Beni Bahdel Dam Mafrouch Dam Sikak...
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    The following is a partial list of dams and reservoirs in the United States. There are an estimated 84,000 dams in the United States, impounding 600,000 mi...
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    International Commission on Large Dams, 73 dams and reservoirs in Pakistan are over 15 m (49 ft) in height. Tarbela Dam in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
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    of the country, where there is low rainfall. The Niger Dams Project, is a series of three dams and reservoirs built in the second half of the 20th century...
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    foundation. Gravity dams are designed so that each section of the dam is stable and independent of any other dam section. Gravity dams generally require...
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  • Beaver Dam Township, Butler County, Missouri Beaverdam, Nevada Beaver Dams, New York Beaver Dam Township, Cumberland County, North Carolina Beaver Dam (Knightdale...
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    Late Middle Ages. The most frequent dam types were earth- or rock-filled embankment dams and masonry gravity dams. These served a wide array of purposes...
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  • It signifies that the body of water is man-made instead of natural. List of lakes in Bulgaria List of rivers of Bulgaria List of dams and reservoirs...
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    river itself. Dams are very common worldwide, with at least 75,000 higher than 6 feet (1.8 m) in the U.S. Globally, reservoirs created by dams cover 193,500...
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  • list of the tallest dams in the world over 135 m (443 ft) in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at 305 m (1...
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  • Embalse de Puebla de Cazalla Embalse de Torre del Águila List of dams and reservoirs List of dams and reservoirs in Spain Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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    list of dams in Turkey separated by region. There are 45 dams in the Aegean Region, western part of Turkey. Adıgüzel Dam, Denizli Afşar Dam, Manisa Akdeğirmen...
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    Arch-gravity dams are dams that resist the thrust of water by their weight using the force of gravity and the arch action. An arch-gravity dam incorporates...
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    several films. Attacks on dams were restricted in Article 56 of the 1977 Protocol I amendment to the Geneva Conventions. Dams may not be lawfully attacked...
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    Check dams themselves are not a type of new technology; rather, they are an ancient technique dating from the second century AD. Check dams are typically...
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