former dam

C31375
concept

A former dam is a decommissioned or removed barrier that once impounded water but no longer functions to control flow, storage, or diversion in a river or waterway.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
former dam canonical 3
former dam site 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: former dam
Generated description
A former dam is a decommissioned or removed barrier that once impounded water but no longer functions to control flow, storage, or diversion in a river or waterway.

Instances (4)

Instance Via concept surface
Edwards Dam (removed)
surface form: Edwards Dam
Ballville Dam site former dam site
Hales Bar Dam
Elwha Dam