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What type of water is behind a dam?
standing suface water.
What is the science behind hydro elecrity?
A dam holds back water, and then streams of water are directed through turbines which spin and create electricity. It's basically using the force of the falling water.
Why do dams have a broader base?
There are two main reasons for a dam's broad-base design, and both are explained by the fact that all materials have limited strengths. The only practical way to increase strength is by adding material. The first idea is that a dam has to support its own weight. The heavier a dam gets, the more material is needed at the base to support itself. Hence very large dams have enormous bases. The second idea is that the dam has to also support water behind it. The top of the dam is thinner because it does not have to support too much water; only the surface of the water needs support. But as the water gets deeper, the dam has to support all that water above , and then its own weight. At the bottom, the dam has to support all the water and its own weight. This means that as you get lower, the dam has to get stronger. And as mentioned above, the only practical way to do so is to add material.
When will hydroelectric energy run out?
When there is no longer enough water in the river behind the dam to turn the turbines.When the reservoir behind the dam silts up too much for the turbines to obtain water anymore. This eventually happens to all dams after several centuries.When drought comes to the country.When countries further up the river take the water for their own hydroelectric energy use, crop irrigation, or keep the water for their own people to drink.etc.
What type of energy does water behind a dam have?
Heat from the sun evaporates water. Uneven heating of the earth's surface causes wind to blow clouds up into the mountains. Rain falls on the mountains and makes its way down the mountain into streams which fill the lake behind a dam.
The what energy of water in a dam is increased by raising the level of water behind the dam?
Potential Energy
What type of water is behind a dam?
standing suface water.
What is water behind a dam?
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Type of river dam used to raise the water level?
Any dam will raise the water level behind it.
What do you call the lake that forms behind a dam?
what do you call an artificially body of water that forms behind a dam
What structure built across a river to hold back water?
A dam.
The depth of water behind the Hoover Dam in Nevada is 220 m what is the water pressue at the base of this dam?
water pressure at the base of the dam is (specific weight of water * depth)2158.2KN/m2
What is impounded surface water?
Impounded surface water is water held behind a dam in the reservoir that the structure creates behind it.
Which is an advantage of building a dam?
Building a dam results in a body of water behind the dam and an area of dry land in front of the dam. The body of water behind the dam can be seeded with fish for sports or a food source (pisciculture). The water can be used as a reservoir for drinking water or as an entertainment area. The dry area in front of the dam can be used for living space and agriculture. The dam itself can be constructed, as many dams are, to use the stored energy in the water to generate electricity.
What is the purpose of a dam and how does it affect your life?
A dam is a large piece of concrete that has water behind it that holds water for drinking and for other purposes.
Electricity generated from water trapped behind a dam?
it is number 78
Did the aswan dam create lake nasser?
Yes. The dam holds back water that would normally flow down the river, leading to water accumulating behind the dam: an artificial lake.
