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Engineers use models and computers to figure out how much water a dam will have to support and how big and strong it must be. Then they can decide what sort of dam to design. There are four main types of dams: Embankment dams are the most c...
http://www.tvakids.com/river/aboutdams.htm
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www.ac.cc.md.us/~terryr/dams/tsld007.htm
www.ac.cc.md.us/~terryr/dams/tsld007.htm
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China — Chinese authorities tried to slow the spread of a toxic spill by building 51 makeshift dams along the tainted river and using fire trucks to pump out polluted water before it reaches a reservoir serving a city of 10 million people, state media said Friday.
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www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/jun/17/dams_built_contain_sp...
www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/jun/17/dams_built_contain_spread_toxic_spill/
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If I want a dam built [not an EIA, mind, just one built] sure I'll go to one of the E-7 and not a biologist. But for a haircut, I say go to a barber, not a scissors manufacturer, or a butcher. ... Dams in the Northern Hemisphere have even been shown by a NASA geophysicist to be speeding the earth's rate of rotation,
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www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/dams/
www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/dams/
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Islamabad, Apr 5 (ANI): While hearing a petition concerning the construction of 62 dams by India on rivers bordering Pakistan, the Islamabad High Court is learnt to have directed the Cabinet Division Secretary to submit ... ; RSS feed for comments on Islamabad HC seeks report on dams being built by India on border rivers...
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www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/islamabad-hc-seeks-...
www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/islamabad-hc-seeks-report-on-dams-being-built-by-india-on-border-rivers_10034663.html
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Older residents of the town, as late as 40 years ago, still remembered and gave interesting details of the remains of the large dam built by these industrious workmen. Many indications of the well-constructed houses of these most interesting animals are still to be seen.
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www.vermontgenealogy.com/history/dams_built_by_beavers....
www.vermontgenealogy.com/history/dams_built_by_beavers.htm
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Embankment dams... are the most commonly built dams in the United States. They are massive dams made of earth and rock. Like gravity dams, embankment dams rely on their heavy weight to resist the force of the water.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dam/basics.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dam/basics.html
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Quoting experts, the article said that "most of the old dams built in the 50s and 60s are seriously deformed [and] are all threatened by the hidden danger of dam collapse." It suggested that politicians were too keen on building "new star dams dazzling people's eyes" than in repairing old ones, which "have been forgoten".
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nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/09/10/news0618.htm
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