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1Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …
2dam — dam1 /dam/, n., v., dammed, damming. n. 1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river. 2. a body of water confined by a dam. 3. any barrier resembling a dam. v.t. 4. to furnish with a …
3Embankment dam — An embankment dam is a massive artificial water barrier. It is typically created by the emplacement and compaction of a complex semi plastic mound of various compositions of soil, sand, clay and/or rock. It has a semi permanent waterproof natural …
4Marib Dam — The current dam in 1986 The Marib or Ma rib or Ma arib Dam (Arabic: سد مأرب) blocks the Wadi Adhanah (also Dhana or Adhana) in the valley of Dhana in the Balaq Hills, Yemen. The current dam is close to the ruins of the Great Dam of Marib, dating …
5Mount Morris Dam — with its reservoir at its highest level in 1972 For the dam in California, see Morris Dam. The Mount Morris Dam is a concrete dam on the Genesee River. It is located south of Rochester, New York in the towns of Leicester and Mount Morris in… …
6Burrinjuck Dam — is a convert|92|m|adj=on high, concrete gravity dam on the Murrumbidgee River near Yass, New South Wales, Australia. The Yass and Goodradigbee Rivers flow into the dam. The dam divides the upper and lower catchment of the Murrumbidgee. [… …
72011 Missouri River floods — Corps of Engineers photo of June 16, 2011, showing the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant surrounded by flood water …
82007 United Kingdom floods — Infobox flood name=2007 UK floods image location=Severn flood 2007 Interview with ITV (central).jpg duration=1 June 2007 26 July 2007 total da total fatalities= 11 areas affected= (see below) The 2007 United Kingdom floods were a series of… …
9Taum Sauk pumped storage plant — The remains of the Taum Sauk pumped storage plant are located in the St. Francois mountain region of the Missouri Ozarks approximately 90 miles (145 km) south of St. Louis near Lesterville, Missouri. The pumped storage hydroelectric plant,… …
10Olentangy River — State Route 315 passing over the Olentangy in Columbus in 2002 Origin 2 mi (3.2 km) NorthEast of Galion Mouth Scioto River …
