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A barrage dam can be used to divert water for irrigation needs or limit the amount of water downstream. In most cases, a barrage dam is built near the mouth of the river. The site of dam construction needs to be thoroughly investigated to ensure that the foundation is strong enough to support the dam and has low possibility of failing. [2]
A barrage dam is a special kind of dam that consists of a line of large gates that can be opened or closed to control the amount of water passing the dam. The gates are set between flanking piers which are responsible for supporting the water load, and are often used to control and stabilize water flow for irrigation systems.
Jinnah Barrage: Indus: 1946 [6] [7] Khanki Headworks: Chenab: 1892 2017 (replaced by the New Khanki Barrage) [8] [9] [10] Marala Headworks: Chenab: 1912 (as Marala weir) 1968 (replaced by Marala Barrage) [11] Mohammadwala Headworks Chenab: Panjnad Headworks: Chenab: 1932 [12] Qadirabad Headworks Chenab: 1967 [13] Rasul Barrage: Jhelum: 1968 [14 ...
A tidal barrage is a dam-like structure used to capture the energy from masses of water moving in and out of a bay or river due to tidal forces. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Instead of damming water on one side like a conventional dam , a tidal barrage allows water to flow into a bay or river during high tide , and releases the water during low tide .
Headworks is a civil engineering term for any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
Between 1977 and 1990 the dam's turbines generated one third of Egypt's electricity. [81] The building of the Aswan Dam triggered a dispute between Sudan and Egypt over the sharing of the Nile, especially since the dam flooded part of Sudan and decreased the volume of water available to them.
The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has freed the Klamath River, inspiring hope among Indigenous activists who pushed for rewilding to help save salmon.
The Vaal River Barrage Reservoir is a dam on the Vaal River near Vanderbijlpark, border Gauteng and Free State, South Africa. The Barrage, created by a set of gates across the Vaal River, was built by Rand Water downstream of the Vaal Dam, in 1923. The reservoir is 64 kilometres long and has a total storage capacity of 63 million litres, a ...