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There are 13 dams built along the Yellow River. They are listed below with the year of completion.
- Sanmenxia Dam (1960)
- Sanshenggong Dam (1966)
- Liujiaxia Dam (1974)
- Lijiaxia Dam (1997)
- Yanguoxia Dam (1975);
- Tianqiao Dam (1977)
- Bapanxia Dam (1980)
- Longyangxia Dam (1992)
- Wanjiazhai Dam (1999)
- Xiaolangdi Dam (2001)
- Laxiwa Dam (2010)
- Yangqu Dam (2015)
- Maerdang Dam (2016)
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What was built in 1956 to control the nile river floods and produce electricity?
The Aswan Dam was built in 1956 to control the Nile River floods and produce electricity. Before the dams were built, the Nile River flooded every year during late summer, when water flowed down the valley from its East African drainage basin.
What was built above the Nile delta to control annual floods?
The Aswan High Dam completed in 1970.
Which is the best explanations for mesopotamia built canal?
they needed a way to control the rivers flow
How did the ancient Sumerians control the flooding on their rivers?
They controlled their floods by creating canals and lakes to help hold the water when a flood occured.
Why did people in the Fertile Crescent grow more food than they needed?
Probably because they invented and built the first irrigation system, which is how they turned their lands fertile. They learned how to control the floods of the rivers: they dug canals, built gates, and when the plants needed water, they opened the gates and the water flowed down the fields. The harvest was rich.
Where do they build dams?
Dams are usually built were there are droughts or floods because damns can control the flow of water to prevent floods from happening and store water in case a drought affects a local town, village or city.
How did Chinese people try to control the floods of a major river?
They built these walls called Chounts and that pretected the flooding but three times the Chount did not work
Why are most European rivers built near rivers?
they are built for plumbing purposes
How did the sumerians control the twin rivers?
Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Sumerians learned to control the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers by constructing levees and irrigation canals.
Was built in 1956 to control Nile River floods who are you?
[1] The Aswan Dam and the links below will give you details including the actual dates. [2] Who am I? See below at 'First answer by'
Is earthquake a cause of building dams?
No, in fact, dams would collapse or crack in an event of an earthquake. Dams are built more to control floods, especially if they occur frequently and do destructive damage, just like why the Three Gorges Dam was built.
Where are levees built?
Levees are built along the banks of rivers
