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A dam, typically used to restrict a flow of water through a river, or harness the power of the water rushing by to use as a source of energy. Frequently, it is a combination of both.
That is called a dam.
A dam
Depending on how they're used, they could be dams or they could be levees.
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What is a structure built across the water to hold water back?
A dam is a structure built across the water to hold water back.
What structure built across a river to hold back water?
A dam.
What is a barrier built to hold back water in parts of a river?
Levee
How did the Egyptian try to control the nile?
Emergence people trapped water in ponds to use for irrigation during Drought.Like the people in Mesopotamia, the Egyptians built dams and dikes to hold back the river in places during Inundation.They also built canals ro carry unwanted water back to the river during Emergence.
What are the two ways the Sumerians solved their water problem?
They created levees to hold back river floods, and built channels to irrigate the fields when river levels were low. They may have employed water scoops to fill elevated ditches.
Why are dams built on fast flowing rivers?
A river may be dammed to provide a reservoir for drinking water, or for producing electricity. A dam could also be built to regulate water flow, hold back water during drought, or slowly release water during heavy rain.
Walls built built to hold back water are called?
Levee
When do streams erode sediment?
They erode sediments when it snakes back and forth across their valley. xxxJoanna
When was the nile built?
it was not built because it is nature. it was present back in the dawn of men as one of the civilizations started there at Nile River.
A man 80kg his wife 55kg his daughter 40kg his son 40kg and his dog 10kg wanted to cross a river in a canoe. They decided the canoe would only hold 80kg in the rough water. They wanted to get all acr?
1) Son and Daughter goes first. Drops daughter across river and son comes back 2) Mother and dog goes next. And daughter comes back 3) Son and Daughter goes again. Drops daughter across river and son comes back 4) Father goes next and sends daughter back 5) Son and daughter goes next. All five are transported across the river.
When was the underwater car invented?
there is no under water car but there is a car that drives on water The US military built vehicles back in the 1940's that would go under water to cross a river and such. The operator would need scuba gear also.
How does the man get across the river with a fox chicken and wheat?
you take the chicken across, leaving the fox with the wheat. you go back. you take the wheat across and bring the chicken back.you take the fox across to the wheat and then go back and get the chicken. See it is that easy
