Dam
C22892
concept
A dam is a large engineered barrier built across a waterway to control water flow, create reservoirs, and support purposes such as water supply, flood control, irrigation, and power generation.
Observed surface forms (8)
- flood control dam ×21
- major dam ×3
- ancient dam ×2
- dyke ×2
- dam complex ×1
- dam in Canada ×1
- dam reservoir ×1
- river_dam ×1
Instances (33)
- Hodges Village Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
-
Almatti
surface form: Almatti Dam
- Marib Dam via concept surface "ancient dam"
- Hume Dam via concept surface "major dam"
- Burrinjuck Dam via concept surface "major dam"
-
Kallanai (Grand Anicut)
via concept surface "ancient dam"
surface form: Kallanai
- Macagua Dam via concept surface "dam complex"
- Afsluitdijk via concept surface "dyke"
- West Point Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Keenleyside Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Duncan Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Garrison Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Big Bend Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Moose Creek Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Possum Kingdom Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Chatuge Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Pickwick Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Cowans Ford Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Sutton Dyke via concept surface "dyke"
-
Hansen Dam (in its watershed context)
via concept surface "flood control dam"
surface form: Hansen Dam
- Boone Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Burrendong Dam via concept surface "major dam"
- Detroit Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Big Cliff Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Castle Rock Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Lal Bahadur Shastri Reservoir via concept surface "dam reservoir"
- Howard A. Hanson Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Middleville Dam via concept surface "river_dam"
- Kenny Dam via concept surface "dam in Canada"
- Cordell Hull Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Barkley Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Santa Fe Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"
- Whittier Narrows Dam via concept surface "flood control dam"