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  2. Embankment dam - Wikipedia

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    Modern zoned-earth embankments employ filter and drain zones to collect and remove seep water and preserve the integrity of the downstream shell zone. An outdated method of zoned earth dam construction used a hydraulic fill to produce a watertight core. Rolled-earth dams may also employ a watertight facing or core in the manner of a rock-fill dam.

  3. Category:Earth-filled dams - Wikipedia

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    This is the category for embankment dams that are filled with earthen material such as soil. Pages in category "Earth-filled dams" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 259 total.

  4. List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Naulong Dam – is an embankment dam currently under construction on the Mula River, about 30 km from Gandawah City in Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan, Pakistan. The zoned earth-filled dam is 186 feet high with a gross storage of 0.242 MAF and a command area of 47,000 acres. It has a hydro power capacity of 4.4 MW. Khisar Dam – under ...

  5. Earth structure - Wikipedia

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    An earth structure is a building or other structure made largely from ... is an embankment dam about 18 kilometres (11 mi) long and from 40 to 88 metres (131 to 289 ...

  6. Syncrude Tailings Dam - Wikipedia

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    The average base width of the embankment is variously 1,800 m, [10] 800 m from Google Earth and 660 m. [7] So whereas one report [ 10 ] gives an embankment volume of 720×10 6 m 3 , calculations based on the width of the embankment base from these three sources give embankment volumes of 660, 290 and 240×10 6 m 3 respectively.

  7. Naulong Dam - Wikipedia

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    Naulong Dam is an embankment dam currently under construction on the Mula River, about 30 km from Gandawah City in Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan, Pakistan.Its construction contract has been awarded to Descon Engineering Limited, which is the biggest contractor in Pakistan.

  8. Garrison Dam - Wikipedia

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    Garrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Missouri River in central North Dakota, U.S. Constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1947 to 1953, at over two miles (3.2 km) in length, the dam is the fifth-largest earthen dam in the world. [4]

  9. List of artificial islands - Wikipedia

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    Also known as Middle Island, Embankment 4. Reef Island Bahrain: 0.713 3,000 Also known as Lulu Island. Ontario Place East and West Island Canada: 0.6273 0 Theme park in Ontario. Flakfortet Denmark: 0.3 Copenhagen harbour Freedom Island Philippines: 0.3 Heirisson Island Australia: 0.2856 0 Created from pre-existing smaller islands via reclamation.