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A decametre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and by most English speaking countries, [1] [2] United States spelling dekameter or decameter [3] [4]), symbol dam ("da" for the SI prefix deca-, [1] "m" for the SI unit metre), is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to ten metres.
11 cm = 1.1 dm – length of an average potato in the US; 13 cm = 1.3 dm – body length of a Goliath birdeater; 15 cm = 1.5 dm – approximate size of largest beetle species; 19 cm = 1.9 dm – length of a banana; 26.3 cm = 2.6 dm – length of average male human foot; 29.98 cm = 2.998 dm – distance light in vacuum travels in one nanosecond ...
1.0 h (4 in; 10 cm) inch: in in Use of ′ and ″ symbols violates MOSNUM so is not provided. 1.0 in (25 mm) in cm; in mm; Maritime units: nautical mile: nmi nmi the international standard nautical mile 1.0 nmi (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) nautical mile: oldUKnmi (admiralty nmi) nmi 6080 ft the pre-1970 British nautical mile: 1.0 nmi (1.9 km; 1.2 mi ...
dam sq.feet sq.meter khetmuri 1: 1.877914952 37.55829904 751.1659808 25 400 1600 6400 136900 12718.42618 bigha 0.532505478 1: 20 400 13.31263696 213.0021914 852.0087655 3408.035062 72900 6772.631616 kattha 0.026625274 0.05 1: 20 0.665631848 10.65010957 42.60043828 170.4017531 3645 338.6315808 dhur 0.001331264 0.0025 0.05 1: 0.033281592 0.532505478
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or ... triangular in cross-section, 580 m (1,900 ft) in length and originally 4 m (13 ft) high ...
Oahe Dam [2] United States: 1963 70.3 75 29 786 TE/ER 6 Mangla Dam Pakistan: 1967 65.4 147 7.25 1,000 TE or TE/ER 7 Gardiner Dam [6] Canada: 1967 65.4 64 9.4 186 TE 8 Oroville Dam United States: 1968 59.6 230 4.36 819 TE/ER 9 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) United States: 1967 59.6 93 2.52 424 TE 10 Nurek Dam Tajikistan: 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE 11 ...
The Contra Dam is a concrete slender arch dam with a height of 220 m (720 ft) and crest length of 380 m (1,250 ft). The dam is 25 m (82 ft) wide at its base and 7 m (23 ft) wide at its crest. The dam structure contains 660,000 m 3 (23,000,000 cu ft) of concrete and the structure itself has a surface area of 44,500 m 2 (479,000 sq ft). The dam ...
The Usoi Dam is a natural landslide dam along the Murghab River in Tajikistan. At 567 metres (1,860 ft) high, it is the tallest dam in the world, either natural or man-made. The dam was created on 18 February 1911, when the 7.4-M s Sarez earthquake caused a massive landslide that blocked the flow of the river. [1]