What is the difference between lake and dam?

Answer 1

A lake is a natural water mass where a dam is a man made or it can be naturally made

Answer 2

The dam is the object made to hold back the water flow. The reservoir is the collected water that is held back by the dam.Both words can carry the same meaning, but the word 'dam' can also mean the blockage that creates a reservoir. A reservoir can be any pool (like 'of knowledge' or 'of talent').

Answer 3

A lake is a natural water body formed by a depression in the Earth's surface that collects and holds water, while a dam is a man-made structure built across a river or stream to impound water and create a reservoir. Essentially, a lake exists naturally, whereas a dam is a human-engineered barrier that creates a reservoir behind it. Dams are typically constructed to control water flow, generate hydroelectric power, or provide water for irrigation and consumption.

Answer 4

Dike or Dam:
What is the difference between a dike and a dam?

Some general rule of thumb (which aren't always correct) to tell the difference are:
* A dike runs along or parallel to a body of water such as river or sea, a dam runs across or through a body of water.
* A dike has water only on one side, a dam has water on both sides.

The real difference between a dam and a dike is that the primary purpose of a dike is protecting the land behind it from flooding (Closing Dike), whereas a dams' purpose is to retain the water (Hoover Dam).

Answer 5

a dam does not flow and has no banks. A lake has banks

Answer 6

No. A dam is a long, tall structure of dirt and rock, or concrete that is intended to hold back water in a river until a lake forms.

Answer 7

A dam is what holds back the water. The lock is at either end of the dam, and is what vessels use to get from one side of the dam to the other.

Answer 8

A dam is man made whilst a lake is a natural geographical feature

Answer 9

A dam is a man made and a lake is a natural