About structures for water impoundment Image Hoover Dam Nevada Luftaufnahme.jpg right 300px thumb Hoover Dam , a concrete arch gravity dam in Black Canyon of the Colorado Black Canyon of the Colorado River . Lake Mead in the background is Reservoir impounded by the dam. Image Glen canyon dam.jpg thumb right 300px Glen Canyon Dam A dam is a barrier that Reservoir impound s surface water water or underground ... in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed between locations. History File Roman Cornalvo dam, Extremadura, Spain. Pic 01.jpg thumb 300px The Cornalvo Dam Roman dam at Cornalvo in Spain has been in use for almost two millennia. File Anaicut.JPG thumb right 300px Grand Anicut dam on river Kaveri in Tamil Nadu , India South India 19th century on 1st 2nd century foundation The word dam can be traced ... Language and Literature , 1947. The first known appearance of the word dam stems from 1165 ... bear testimony to the use of the word in Middle Dutch at that time. ref Early dam building took place ... dam is the Jawa Dam in Jordan , convert 100 km northeast of the capital Amman . This gravity dam ... Egypt ian Sadd el Kafara Dam at Wadi Al Garawi, located about convert 25 km abbr on south of Cairo ... as a diversion dam for flood control, but was destroyed by heavy rain during construction or shortly ... Roman dam Roman dam construction was characterized by the Romans ability to plan and organize engineering ... introduced the then novel concept of large reservoir dam s which could secure a permanent water ... caementicium Roman concrete allowed for much larger dam structures than previously built, ref name Smith 1971, 49 such as the Lake Homs Dam , possibly the largest water barrier to that date, ref name Smith 1971, 42 harnvb Smith 1971 p 42 ref and the Harbaqa Dam , both in Roman Syria . The highest Roman dam was the Subiaco Dam near Rome its record height of convert 50 m abbr on remained unsurpassed ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image That Dam.jpg thumb That Dam, located in Vientiane, the capital of Laos The That Dam is a large stupa in Vientiane , Laos . Many Lao people Laotians believe it is inhabited by a seven headed n ga who tried to protect them from the armies of Siam , who invaded in 1827. It is also known as the Black Stupa, the English translation of the Lao name That Dam . coord 17.9660 102.6111 type landmark region LA display title Category Stupas Category Buildings and structures in Vientiane Laos struct stub vi Th t m ... more details
Infobox settlement official name DamDam native name settlement type village coordinates region IR subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name flag Iran subdivision type1 Provinces of Iran Province subdivision name1 Lorestan Province Lorestan subdivision type2 Counties of Iran County subdivision name2 Aligudarz County Aligudarz subdivision type3 Bakhsh subdivision name3 Besharat District Besharat subdivision type4 Rural Districts of Iran Rural District subdivision name4 Zalaqi ye Gharbi Rural District Zalaqi ye Gharbi leader title leader name established title established date area total km2 area footnotes population as of 2006 population total 36 population density km2 auto timezone Iran Standard Time IRST utc offset 3 30 timezone DST Iran Daylight Time IRDT utc offset DST 4 30 coordinates display latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW E elevation m area code website footnotes DamDam lang fa is a village in Zalaqi ye Gharbi Rural District , Besharat District , Aligudarz County , Lorestan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census, its population was 36, in 8 families. ref IranCensus2006 15 ref References reflist Aligudarz County coord missing Iran Category Populated places in Aligudarz County Aligudarz geo stub ... more details
The term Victoria Dam may refer to the following Victoria Dam Western Australia , a dam in Australia. Victoria Dam Sri Lanka , the largest hydroelectric dam in Sri Lanka. disambig ... more details
Mangalam Dam may refer to Mangalam Damdam , which impounds the Cherukunnapuzha River for irrigation Mangalam Dam, Kerala , a village located near the dam disambiguation ... more details
Lewiston Dam could refer to two dams Lewiston Dam California Lewiston Dam , on the Trinity River Lewiston Dam Idaho Lewiston Dam , formerly on the South Fork Clearwater River dab ... more details
Paradise Dam may refer to Paradise Dam Queensland , a dam in Australia Paradise Dam Montana , an unbuilt dam project in Montana, USA disambig ... more details
wiktionarypar damDAM TOCright Dam can refer to Dam , a barrier obstructing flowing water Reservoir created by such a barrier in some English dialects including Australian English An animal s mother Dam of a horse see Mare Personal names Atli P tursson Dam , Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands Henrik Dam , Danish biochemist and physiologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943 Jos van Dam , Belgian bass baritone Kenneth W. Dam , American lawyer and politician Laurens ten Dam , Dutch road racing cyclist Peter Mohr Dam , Faroe Islands politician Rob Van Dam , American film actor and wrestler Thomas Dam , inventor of the troll doll m Thanh Xu n Thanh Xuan Dam , Vietnamese swimmer and martial artist Place names Dam, Afghanistan Dam, Bhutan Dam Square , a square in Amsterdam Den Dam , an area in northern Antwerp, Belgium Abbreviations and acronyms Damascus International Airport , IATA code Database activity monitoring Decametre , abbreviated dam , is 10 metre s Delaware Art Museum Denver Art Museum Destroy All Monsters , a 1968 Japanese movie Deutsche Angelger te Manufaktur Diego Armando Maradona Digital Asset Management Direct Action Movement Download Acquisition Mode Other Dam methylase , DNA adenine methylase Dam band , a British metal band DAM band , a Palestinian rap group Dam coin , a small Indian coin Dam, one of the dancers in the Dominican folk dance B l dance b l Dental dam DAMS , Driot Arnoux Motorsport, a French based motor racing team. WCMG , a radio station licensed to Latta, South Carolina, United States which calls itself 94.3 The Dam See also Damn disambiguation disambig cs Dam de DAM el es DAM eo DAM fa DAM fr Dam it DAM la Dam li Dam nl Dam nds nl Dam ja DAM no Dam nn Dam sv Dam zh yue Dam ... more details
Coyote Dam may refer to Lake Mendocino Coyote Dam Mendocino County, California Coyote Dam Santa Clara County, CA Coyote Creek Dam Lake County, California Coyote Dam Colorado Coyote Flat Dam Lassen County, California Coyote Hold Dam Arizona Disambig ... more details
Serpentine Dam may refer to Serpentine Dam, Tasmania , the dam used to contain Lake Pedder in Tasmania, Australia Serpentine Dam, Western Australia , the water supply dam for Perth, in Western Australia Serpentine Pipehead Dam , part of the water supply dam in Western Australia disambig ... more details
Wan dam may refer to Wan Dam, Akola a dam near Akola on Wan river Wan Dam, Ambejogai a dam near Ambejogai on Wan river geodis Short pages monitor Category Dams in Maharashtra ... more details
Masonry dams are dam s made out of masonry mainly rock geology stone and brick . They are either the Gravity dam Gravity dams gravity or the Arch dam arch type. The largest masonry dam of the world is Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Nagarjunasagar Dam in India. Visual examples gallery widths 300px heights 300px perrow 6 Image Roosevelt Dam original masonry.jpg The original Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Arizona Image New Croton Dam from below.jpg New Croton Dam in New York Image Artouste dam1.JPG The Artouste Dam in France gallery See also Causeway Retaining wall Dam Arch gravity dam Category Dams ... more details
Barker Dam may refer to Barker Dam California , listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places Barker Dam Colorado geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Not to be confused with van Damm or van Damme disambiguation van Damme . van Dam Dutch language Dutch for of the dam may refer to Rob Van Dam Jos van Dam Andries van Dam Sabu and Rob Van Dam Rip Van Dam Nicolette van Dam Annick Van Dam Marinus van Dam Lloyd van Dams The forms VanDam, Vandam or Vandamm are often indicative of a family of Dutch or Flemish origin which had lived for generations in a non Dutch speaking environment, for example Kevin VanDam Major William Vandam , fictional British officer in Ken Follet s The Key to Rebecca Phillip Vandamm , fictional spy in Hitchcock s North by Northwest Prisoner of Vandam Street , 2004 book by Richard S. Kinky Friedman Kinky Friedman surname fr Van Dam nl Van Dam ... more details
Ipo Dam is a gravity concrete water reservoir dam found in the Philippines . The dam is located about 7.5 kilometers downstream of the Angat Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan Norzagaray , Bulacan province. It was a part of the Angat Dam Angat Ipo La Mesa Watershed and Eco Park La Mesa water system. References http www.thelonerider.com 2008 aug ipodam ipodam.shtml Ipo Dam tree planting Asia dam stub Philippines struct stub Dams in the Philippines coord missing Philippines ... more details
The Cizre Dam is an under construction dam on the Tigris River north of Cizre Cizre, Turkey . The Cizre Dam is to be built in conjunction and downstream of the Ilisu Dam . The Cizre Dam is also one of the planned dams of Turkey s Southeastern Anatolia Project GAP . The purpose of the Cizre Dam is irrigation, hydro power and to control the tailwaters of the Ilisu Dam . A tender for the Cizre Dam was issued in May 2008 followed by construction in June. The dam is expected to be completed in 2012. The Cizre Dam will have a hydro power capacity of 240 MW and will provide irrigation for 121,000 hectares. ref http memrieconomicblog.org bin content.cgi?news 865 Tender issued for Cizre Dam. ref References reflist coord missing Turkey Southeastern Anatolia Project Dams in Turkey Category Dams in rnak Province Category Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey Category Southeastern Anatolia Project Category Dams under construction Category Proposed hydroelectric power stations Turkey dam stub Turkey powerstation stub fr Barrage de Cizre it Diga di Cizre ... more details
Infobox single Name Dubi DamDam Artist Banaroo Cover Banaroo dubi dam dam.jpg from Album Banaroo s World B side Make You See The Stars Released Start date 2005 6 5 df yes Format CD single CD , Music download digital download , Genre Pop music Pop , dance pop Length 3 34 Label Universal Music Group Universal Writer Thorsten Br tzmann , Terri Bjerre , Ivo Moring Producer Thorsten Br tzmann Last single This single Dubi DamDam br 2005 Next single Space Cowboy Banaroo song Space Cowboy br 2005 Dubi DamDam is the debut single by German pop group Banaroo, which was released from their debut album, Banaroo s World. Formats and track listings These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of Dubi DamDam. Maxi CD Dubi DamDam 3 35 Dubi DamDam Alien Space Mix 5 19 Dubi DamDam Blue Starship Mix 5 10 Dubi DamDam Instrumental 3 34 Make You See The Stars Alternative Version 3 42 Charts class wikitable sortable Chart 2005 Peak br position ref http acharts.us song 3331 ref Austrian Singles Chart align center 2 Swiss Charts Swiss Singles Charts align center 5 Media Control Charts German Singles Chart align center 2 Dutch Top 40 Netherlands Singles Chart align center 36 References references Banaroo Category Banaroo songs Category 2005 singles Category Songs written by Terri Bjerre Category Songs written by Thorsten Br tzmann ... more details
Thomas Dam May 15, 1915 November 12, 1989 was a Danish woodcutter who designed and invented the Good Luck Troll which was the forerunner of the troll doll . Dam formed the Dam Things from Denmark to market the dolls. External links http www.troll company.dk history.html History of Thomas Dam Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dam, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1915 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1989 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dam, Thomas Category Danish people Category 1915 births Category 1989 deaths Denmark bio stub da Thomas Dam es Thomas Dam ... more details
Powersite Dam is a hydroelectric dam that went into service in 1913 in Forsyth, Missouri . It is found along the White River Arkansas White River and the reservoir it forms is Lake Taneycomo . It is the first hydroelectric dam built in Missouri . File Powersite Dam Ow3i407.JPG Powersite Dam at its completion File UserKTrimble Powersite Dam 2008.jpg thumb 500px left Powersite Dam as it appears today Sources Van Buskirk, Kathleen, http thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org lochist periodicals wrv V8 N8 S84g.htm Powersite Dam , Program of June 10, 1984 Meeting, retrieved 2008 04 21 Coord 36.6594 93.1247 type landmark region US MO display title Category Dams in Missouri Category Buildings and structures in Taney County, Missouri TaneyMO geo stub US powerstation stub Hydroelectric power plant stub ... more details
Expand Japanese topic tech date December 2008 Notability date January 2009 Infobox damdam name Shirasuna Dam image Shirasuna Dam and lake.jpg caption official name crosses reservoir locale Gunma Prefecture , Japan . maint length height hydraulic head width began open closed cost reservoir capacity reservoir catchment reservoir surface bridge carries bridge width bridge clearance bridge traffic bridge toll bridge id map cue map image map text map width coordinates lat long extra Shirasuna Dam is a dam in the Gunma Prefecture of Japan . commonscat Dams in Gunma prefecture Shirasuna Dam Dams in Gunma Prefecture coord missing Gunma Prefecture Category Dams in Gunma Prefecture Japan dam stub ... more details
Berke Dam is concrete arch gravity dam built on the Ceyhan river in southern Turkey . There is a hydroelectric power plant , established in 2001 at the dam, with a power output of 510 MW four facilities at 128 MW each . ref http en.structurae.de structures data index.cfm?ID s0003776 Structurae Berke Dam ref References reflist coord missing Turkey Dams in Turkey Category Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey Turkey dam stub Hydroelectric power plant stub Turkey powerstation stub no Berkedemningen ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2011 The Kpong Dam is the second hydroelectric power generating dam in Ghana . It is owned and operated by Volta River Authority . The dam was introduced to supplement power production from Akosombo Dam , especially for the smelting of aluminium at Volta Aluminum Company VALCO in Tema . coord missing Ghana Category Hydroelectric power stations in Ghana Category Dams in Ghana ghana struct stub Africa dam stub no Kpongdemningen ... more details
Af ar Dam is a dam in Manisa Province , Turkey , built between 1973 and 1977. The dam creates a lake which is 5.25 km and irrigates 13,500 hectares. See also List of dams in Turkey References http www2.dsi.gov.tr baraj detay.cfm?BarajID 58 DSI Dams in Turkey coord 38.2461 N 28.6032 E source kolossus frwiki display title DEFAULTSORT Afsar Dam Category Dams in Manisa Province Turkey dam stub fr Barrage d Af ar it Diga di Af ar tr Af ar Baraj ... more details
File Henrik Dam nobel.jpg thumb See also Henrik Dam Kristensen , from 2011 the transport minister of Denmark Henrik Dam Full name Carl Peter Henrik Dam February 21, 1895 April 17, 1976 was a Denmark Danish biochemistry biochemist and physiology physiologist . He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943 for joint work with Edward Doisy work in discovering vitamin K and its role in human physiology . Dam s key experiment involved feeding a cholesterol free diet to chickens. The chickens began hemorrhaging and bleeding uncontrollably after a few weeks. Dam isolated the dietary substance needed for blood clotting and called it the coagulation vitamin , which became shortened to vitamin K. He was born and died in Copenhagen . He received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from the Copenhagen Polytechnic Institute now the Technical University of Denmark in 1920, and was appointed as assistant instructor in chemistry at the School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. By 1923 he had attained the post of instructor in biochemistry at Copenhagen University s Physiological Laboratory ... 1943 dam bio.html Henrik Dam http nobelmedicine.co.uk henrikdam.htm Henrik Dam Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Laureates 1926 1950 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dam ... April 17, 1976 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dam, Henrik Category 1895 births Category 1976 deaths ... bg ca Henrik Dam cs Henrik Carl Peter Dam da Henrik Dam de Henrik Dam et Henrik Dam es Henrik Dam eu Henrik Dam fa fr Henrik Dam gd Henrik Carl Peter Dam hr Henrik Dam id Henrik Dam it Henrik Carl Peter Dam sw Henrik Dam la Henricus Dam lt Henrik Carl Peter Dam nl Henrik Dam ja no Henrik Dam oc Henrik Dam pnb pl Henrik Dam pt Henrik Dam ru , simple Henrik Dam sk Henrik Carl Peter Dam fi Henrik Dam sv Henrik Dam tr Henrik Dam uk vi Henrik Dam yo Henrik Dam zh ... more details
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