dams in English

noun
1
a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, the resulting reservoir being used in the generation of electricity or as a water supply.
The dam raised the water level by 54 feet and created a three-mile-long reservoir holding around 9,000 million gallons.
synonyms:barrierwallembankmentbarricadeobstruction
2
the female parent of an animal, especially a domestic mammal.
However, the present study indicates Longhorns have a significant advantage in calving ease over Red Poll sires for dams calving at 2 yr of age.
verb
1
build a dam across (a river or lake).
Lake Nasser was formed by damming the River Nile.
synonyms:block (up)obstructbung upcloseocclude
noun
verb

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1. Mekong Dams Could Threaten Aquatic Life

2. Major Rivers, Dams, Barrages In Pakistan

3. Dams interrupt the migration of anadromous fish.

4. Beavers were making new dams in alfalfa fields.

5. Four dams within the quake area were unreachable.

6. Reservoirs, the dams, the tunnel delivery systems-

7. Basil Cromwell Rhoads Beavery Dams - Basil Cromwell Rhoads of Beavery Dams, NY, passed peacefully on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at Schuyler Hospital …

8. All damaged dams are functioning with no problems.

9. 1 Large dams have harmed Siberia's delicate ecological balance.

10. We can build dams, like the beaver, without love.

11. Coffer dams are generally required for foundations of structures, such as bridge piers, docks, locks, and dams, which are built in open water

12. Key words: dams, concrete, expansion, alkalis, aggregate, reaction, cement.

13. Between 150 and 175 new dams will be needed.

14. IN TODAY'S green world, hydroelectric dams are often unwelcome.

15. Large dams have harmed Siberia's delicate ecological balance.

16. 13 Large dams have harmed Siberia's delicate ecological balance.

17. This shows you the positions of some of these dams.

18. They have launched a very big campaign for building ‘Check Dams’.

19. Immediate securing of damaged preventive infrastructures such as dams and dikes.

20. The pressure on dams and levee s is very strong.

21. I hear bells ringing and dams bursting, and bombs going off!

22. The Lewis River is impounded by three dams for hydroelectric power generation.

23. The acclimatisation period prior to the start of the study should be about 5 days for young adult animals and for the immature animals delivered with dams or foster dams.

24. The Edenville and Sanford dams are Breached and the results are devastating

25. The entire country is interwoven by a network of dams and canals.

26. The Edenville and Sanford dams are Breached and the results are devastating

27. The British also constructed a number of dams and canals for irrigation.

28. Their dams help reduce soil erosion and can help reduce flooding.

29. May brings flocks of pretty lambs, skipping by their fleecy dams.

30. Roads, subways, power grids, and dams were constructed; cities were refurbished.

31. Geosynthetic barriers - Characteristics required for use in the construction of reservoirs and dams

32. Other floating structures (including rafts, tanks, coffer-dams, landing stages, buoys and beacons)

33. The Calves or their dams have been vaccinated, but Calves are still dying

34. 20 Another important expression in calculations for ground water and dams is " drawdown ".

35. Our purge dams and Bladders are both inexpensive and simple to install

36. Beavers build dams that naturally restore our land’s best life support system

37. Key words: alkali–aggregate reaction, concrete dams, finite element method, dam safety.

38. Monitoring of a wide variety of soil masses (dams, embankments, foundations, etc.).

39. Instead of energy conservation, they advocate building more dams and nuclear plants.

40. Floating structures other than vessels (for example, coffer-dams, landings stages, buoys and beacons)

41. Threats Existing: dams, poaching Potential: overexploitation via new commercial harvest and increasing road access.

42. Canada generates a significant majority of its electricity from hydroelectric dams (59% in 2006).

43. It has two or more lodges and is a combination of two original dams.

44. The two arch dams Hongrin Nord and Hongrin Sud were completed in 1969.

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46. Dams alter flow, flood habitats, cause erosion, fragment populations and restrict access to spawning areas.

47. In "Chastise", he revisits the RAF raid against the Ruhr dams in 1943

48. The total water storage capacity of these existing dams is about 283 billion cubic meters.

49. Many dams accidents result from its abutment stabilizing failure caused by the high groundwater level.

50. Sodium Bentonite can also be used to plug holes in wells, landfills, and even dams.