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Can water behind damns be used to generate electricity?
In addition to its use in agriculture, the water stored in lakes created behind dams is also used to generate electricity.
How do you dams disrupt the surrounding aquatic life?
How do dams disrupt the surrounding aquatic life it stops flow of the water and fish cant migrate and if that happens the the food chain goes down from there
Why do dams sometimes cause floods?
Dams cause floods if they break. One purpose for a dam is create a lake behind it, so if it breaks or even leaks badly, the water behind the dam flows out faster than the stream bed below the dam can handle, The water overflows the banks of the stream and a flood occurs.
What are some sources of hydroelectric energy?
That would be water. Water from rivers being very popular with the hydroelectric dams. Storing its potential energy behind the dam.
How are dams helpful?
Humans build dams primarily for flood control and for the generation of power. As a side benefit they create lakes. Dams also can provide more workers and a better habitat for blad eagles during the winter.
What are the effects of wildlife degradation on the environment?
Beavers build dams that stop the flow of water. When this happens, the wildlife in rivers suffer because the flow of water stops.
Do dams need water?
of course not ! dams need water as the energy to create electricity. Basically water is fuel to create electricity in dams and without it, it is impossible if there isn't any other form of fuel energy provided to dams ...
How do dams provide energy?
It holds water behind it as potential energy. The difference in the pressure of the water between the reservoir and the turbine outlet make power. Some dams pump water back up behind the dam when power consumption is low.
What is water mainly used for in nz?
electricity dams/hydro dams
What are dams built to generate energy from water call?
hydroelectric dams
What are water dams?
Water dams are blocks put on river and lake routes to stop the flow of water and corner it to be used for useful purposes.
How rainwater harvesting useful to us?
Storing water in reservoirs and behind dams, allows us to have water for domestic and industrial use throughout the year and, in hydro-electric schemes, the production of electricity.
