earthfill dam
C11364
concept
An earthfill dam is a large embankment structure made primarily of compacted earth materials, designed to impound water by using its mass and low permeability to resist and control reservoir pressures.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| earthfill dam canonical | 48 |
| earthen dam | 10 |
| earth-fill embankment dam | 3 |
| earthen embankment dam | 2 |
| earthfill embankment dam | 1 |
| rock and earth-fill dam | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: earthfill dam
Generated description
An earthfill dam is a large embankment structure made primarily of compacted earth materials, designed to impound water by using its mass and low permeability to resist and control reservoir pressures.
Instances (65)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Banasura Sagar Dam | earthen dam |
| Barren River Lake Dam | — |
| Downsville Dam | earthen dam |
| Jennings Randolph Dam | — |
|
Keechelus Lake
surface form:
Keechelus Dam
|
— |
| Belle Fourche Dam | earthen dam |
| Tenughat Dam | — |
| Crane Prairie Dam | — |
| El Vado Dam | — |
| Indian Valley Dam | earth-fill embankment dam |
| Kanopolis Dam | — |
| Jamestown Dam | — |
| Sly Park Dam | — |
| Glendo Dam | — |
| Lucky Peak Dam | — |