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  2. Embankment dam - Wikipedia

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    It is the largest earth-filled dam in the world. The Mica Dam in Canada. Tataragi Dam in Asago, Hyōgo Pref., Japan. An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for ...

  3. Category:Rock-filled dams - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Rock-filled dams" The following 183 pages are in this category, out of 183 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aar Dam;

  4. Gabion - Wikipedia

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    Reinforced earth with gabions supporting a multilane roadway Gabions as X-ray protection during customs inspection. A gabion (from Italian gabbione meaning "big cage"; from Italian gabbia and Latin cavea meaning "cage") is a cage, cylinder or box filled with rocks, concrete, or sometimes sand and soil for use in civil engineering, road building, military applications and landscaping.

  5. Tarbela Dam - Wikipedia

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    Tarbela Dam (Pashto: د توربېلې بند, Hindko: تربیلا بند) is an earth-filled dam along the Indus River in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is mainly located in Haripur Tehsil. [1] It is about 20 km (10 mi) from the city of Swabi KPK, 105 km (65 mi) northwest of Islamabad, and 125 km (80 mi) east of Peshawar.

  6. Category:Concrete-face rock-fill dams - Wikipedia

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    This is the category for concrete-face rock-fill (CFRD) dams. Pages in category "Concrete-face rock-fill dams" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of ...

  7. San Gabriel Dam - Wikipedia

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    San Gabriel Dam is a rock-fill dam on the San Gabriel River in Los Angeles County, California, within the Angeles National Forest.Completed in 1939, the dam impounds the main stem of the San Gabriel River about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) downstream from the confluence of the river's East and West Forks, which drain a large portion of the San Gabriel Mountains.

  8. Aquifer - Wikipedia

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    An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing material, consisting of permeable or fractured rock, or of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt). Aquifers vary greatly in their characteristics. The study of water flow in aquifers and the characterization of aquifers is called hydrogeology.

  9. Blowering Dam - Wikipedia

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    The dam wall constructed with 8,563 cubic metres (302,400 cu ft) of rock fill with clay core is 112 metres (367 ft) high and 808 metres (2,651 ft) long. The maximum water depth is 91 metres (299 ft) and at 100% capacity the dam wall holds back 1,628,000 megalitres (57,500 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) of water at 379 metres (1,243 ft) AHD. The surface area ...