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the biggest earth dam is located in Pakistan name is torbella dam in kpk
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Tarbela Dam, Pakistan
The second largest earth-filled dam in the world is the Oroville Dam, located in California, USA. It is surpassed in size only by the Jinping-I Dam in China.
The Tarbela Dam is not only Pakistan's biggest dam, but also the world's largest earth-filled dam!
Some of the largest earth dams in the US include the Oroville Dam in California, the Fort Peck Dam in Montana, the Oahe Dam in South Dakota, and the Hoover Dam in Nevada/Arizona. Additional large earth dams include the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington, the Garrison Dam in North Dakota, the Fort Randall Dam in South Dakota, the Fort Gibson Dam in Oklahoma, the Bluestone Dam in West Virginia, and the Pine Flat Dam in California.
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The abnormal load on the earth dam is the water pressure on the upstream side.Loads acting on dams are hydrostatic pressure, self weight, seismic loads.
Advantage of a gravity dam is that every section will be stable and reliable. An Earth dam can overflow and collapse because of erosion.
masonry dam is usually built by masonry that is basically stones,bricks and cement and in which the force that holds the dam in place against the push from the water is earth's gravity pulling down the mass of the dam