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The only difference between them is that, a masonry dam retains the water behind it, while the retaining wall retains the earth materials at its back. The distribution of pressure along its height is also same to the masonry dam.
Raghu Vardhan
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How do you build a 9 meter retaining wall for a dam?
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What artificial land form is created when a dam is built?
The dam retaining wall is an artificial land form.
What is a difference between the great wall of china and the three gorges dam?
they have different enviernments
Difference between a dam and a barrage?
what is barrage and headworks
Where is the ideal location for a dam?
The dam wall should be between two hills, fed by a river with dam-living fish, no farms or homes or grazing areas to flood.
What do you call a wall that holds back water?
A wall that holds back water is a dike, levee or dam
Why the base of the dam is made wider?
The pressure of the water against the top of the dam wall, is much less than the pressure exerted against the bottom of the dam wall. The width of a dam wall increases to compensate for the increased water pressures at the lower level.
Why do you find a reservoir near a dam?
The dam is the wall or structure that holds back fresh water. The reservoir is the whole structure, which includes the dam wall and stored water.
What is a wall barrier that is natural?
A Dam
How will you measure the height of a dam?
difference between the high flood level and stream bed datum.
Why was Helena River chosen as the Mundaring Weir Dam?
Because there was 2 granite soulders within 800 feet of each other that would allow the dam wall to be built between.
What is an dam?
A dam is way to control floods by putting a large wall across a river
