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Dams

A barrier constructed across a waterway to control the flow or raise the level of water.

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Which is the largest dam in Rajasthan?

I think its BANAS river is the longest in Rajasthan.

How many mm are in 1 dam?

There are 100 decimeters in one dekameter.

When was Kariba Dam created?

The company that built it was - Impressit of Italy.

What are the smallest dams?

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Is hydroelectric power the same thing as a dam?

huge power generators are placed inside dams. Water flowing through the dams spin turbine blades (made out of metal instead of leaves) which are connected to generators. Power is produced and is sent to homes and businesses.

Where is the worlds oldest working dam?

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Why is the building of dams advantageous for agricultural production?

Levees prevent rivers from flooding their banks as often

What is Three Gorges Dam?

The purpose of the 3 gorges dams are to establish a modern way of living, or atleast to help. the 3 gorges dam was an idea that was invented in 1909 and was approved on 1992 and finished 2009.

What are the effect of dams on tribal people?

When people build a dam, there would be a side with alot of water, and the other side would have very little amout of water. So the tribal people would not get alot of water then they had before. They would have little amount of water to drink and water to wash things like there clouths. Also they would lose a big amount of food, fish. They wouldn't have fish to catch anymore. That's what dams cause to tribal people.

What will happen to the environment if a dam is build?

They will probably be paid to move away from the site in order for the company who's going to build the dam to put it up

What areas use power from the Hoover Dam?

The Bureau of Reclamation reports that the energy generated is allocated as follows: {| !

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| Metropolitan Water District of Southern California 28.5393%

State of Nevada 23.3706%

State of Arizona 18.9527%

Los Angeles, California 15.4229%

Southern California Edison Company 5.5377%

Boulder City, Nevada 1.7672%

Glendale, California 1.5874%

Pasadena, California 1.3629%

Anaheim, California 1.1487%

Riverside, California 0.8615%

Vernon, California 0.6185%

Burbank, California 0.5876%

Azusa, California 0.1104%

Colton, California 0.0884%

Banning, California 0.0442% |}

What is difference between barrage and dam?

A dam is considered to be a more sophisticaled barrier than a barrage. A dam is a barrier of concrete built accross a river to create a body of water for a hydroelectric power station or a reservoir of water and is of greater capacity than a barrage. A barrage is an obstruction in a watercourse to increase the depth of water to facilitate irrigation

How much electricity does the Hoover Dam supply?

It's very difficult to answer questions like this because of the way the US power grid works. Power producing sites put power on the grid, and power consuming sites take power off the grid, and it's not really possible to track exactly what goes where. Think of it this way: the power grid is a big barrel full of water. Las Vegas has a pipe coming out of the barrel, and Hoover Dam has a pipe going into the barrel, but there are many other pipes coming out and going in. Finding out if a particular drop of water flowing through the Las Vegas pipe came from the Hoover Dam pipe would be difficult. The power grid is actually worse than that, because we could theoretically put some dye in the water, but we can't do that with power; an electron is an electron is an electron. That said: Las Vegas actually does not get much of its power from Hoover Dam, since the electric company serving Las Vegas is NV Energy, which owns its own power plants and does not operate the generators at Hoover Dam. NVE's own website states that 70% of their power generation for southern Nevada comes from natural gas fired plants, so at most 30% of Las Vegas' power would come from Hoover Dam (and most likely much less than that). Also, the US Bureau of Reclamation (the agency that operates the generators at the dam) does not list Las Vegas as a recipient of the power generated. They do list the State of Nevada in general (which gets about 23% of the power generated by the dam), but the only specific city in Nevada that's listed is Boulder City, NV.

How much does cost to build a seaport?

The cost to build a seaport can vary significantly based on factors such as location, size, design, and the infrastructure required. On average, the costs can range from hundreds of millions to several billion dollars. For example, constructing a small regional port might cost around $100 million, while large international ports can exceed $1 billion. Additionally, ongoing operational and maintenance expenses must also be considered in the overall investment.

How did grand coulee dam get its name?

Grand Coulee Dam is named for the Grand Coulee, an ancient dry riverbed along the Columbia River. It is actually a glacially-eroded watercourse from vast and sudden prehistoric floods of water and ice, which flowed west from the extinct Lake Mizzoula in Montana, beginning about 18000 years ago.

The lake behind the dam was named Franklin Delano Roosevelt Lake (FDR Lake) for the US President who approved its construction.