Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image That Dam.jpg thumb That Dam located in Vientiane, capital of Laos. The That Dam is a large stupa in Vientiane , Laos . Many Lao people Laotians believe it is inhabited by a seven headed n ga who tried to protect them from the armies of Siam , who invaded in 1827. It is also known as the Black Stupa, the English translation of the Lao name That Dam. Coord missing Laos Category Buildings and structures in Laos Category Stupas Category Vientiane Laos struct stub vi Th t m ... more details
About structures for water impoundment Image Hoover Dam Nevada Luftaufnahme.jpg right 300px thumb Hoover Dam , a concrete arch gravity dam in Black Canyon of the Colorado Black Canyon of the Colorado River . Lake Mead in the background is Reservoir impounded by the dam. Image Glen canyon dam.jpg thumb right 300px Glen Canyon Dam A dam is a barrier that Reservoir impound s surface water water or underground ... in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed between locations. History File Harbaqa Dam, Syria. Pic 02.jpg thumb right 300px The sizable Roman Harbaqa Dam in Syria is 21 m high and 365 m long. File Roman Cornalvo dam, Extremadura, Spain. Pic 01.jpg thumb 300px The Cornalvo Dam Roman dam at Cornalvo ... dam on river Kaveri in Tamil Nadu , India South India 19th century on 1st 2nd century foundation The word dam can be traced back to Middle English , ref http www.bartleby.com 61 45 D0014500.html The American ... dam stems from 1165. However, there is one village, Obdam, that is already mentioned in 1120. The word ... dam building took place in Mesopotamia and the Middle East . Dams were used to control the water level .... The earliest known dam is the Jawa Dam in Jordan , 100 km northeast of the capital Amman . This gravity dam featured a 4.5 m high and 1 m wide stone wall, supported by a 50 m wide earth rampart ... Excavations 1975. Third Preliminary Report , Levant 1977 ref The Ancient Egypt ian Sadd el Kafara Dam ... Nations pages ref as a diversion dam for flood control, but was destroyed by heavy rain ... 2011 date December 2008 ref Roman dam Roman dam construction was characterized by the Romans ability ... Smith 1971 p 49 ref Roman planners introduced the then novel concept of large reservoir dam s which ... mortar and particularly opus caementicium Roman concrete allowed for much larger dam structures than previously built, ref name Smith 1971, 49 such as the Lake Homs Dam , possibly the largest water ... more details
Mangalam Dam may refer to Mangalam Damdam , which impounds the Cherukunnapuzha River for irrigation Mangalam Dam, Kerala , a village located near the dam disambiguation ... more details
Serpentine Dam may refer to Serpentine Dam, Tasmania Serpentine Dam , the dam used to contain Lake Pedder in Tasmania. Serpentine Dam, Western Australia Serpentine Dam , the water supply dam for Perth, in Western Australia Serpentine Pipehead Dam , part of the water supply dam in Western Australia. disambig ... more details
The term Victoria Dam may refer to the following Victoria Dam Western Australia , a dam in Australia. Victoria Dam Sri Lanka , the largest hydroelectric dam in Sri Lanka. disambig ... more details
Lewiston Dam could refer to two dams Lewiston Dam California Lewiston Dam , on the Trinity River Lewiston Dam Idaho Lewiston Dam , formerly on the South Fork Clearwater River dab ... more details
Wan dam may refer to Wan Dam, Akola a dam near Akola on Wan river Wan Dam, Ambejogai a dam near Ambejogai on Wan river geodis Short pages monitor Category Dams in Maharashtra ... more details
Coyote Dam may refer to Lake Mendocino Coyote Dam Mendocino County, California Coyote Dam Santa Clara County, CA Coyote Creek Dam Lake County, California Coyote Dam Colorado Coyote Flat Dam Lassen County, California Coyote Hold Dam Arizona Disambig ... more details
Masonry dams are dam s made out of masonry mainly rock geology stone and brick . They are either the Gravity dam Gravity dams gravity or the Arch dam arch type. The largest masonry dam of the world is Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Nagarjunasagar Dam in India. Visual examples gallery widths 300px heights 300px perrow 6 Image Roosevelt Dam original masonry.jpg The original Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Arizona Image New Croton Dam from below.jpg New Croton Dam in New York Image Artouste dam1.JPG The Artouste Dam in France gallery See also Causeway Retaining wall Dam Arch gravity dam Category Dams ... more details
wiktionarypar damDAM TOCright Dam can refer to Dam , a barrier obstructing flowing water Reservoir created by such a barrier in some English dialects including Australian English An animal s mother Dam of a horse see Mare Personal names Atli P tursson Dam , Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands Henrik Dam , Danish biochemist and physiologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943 Jos van Dam , Belgian bass baritone Kenneth W. Dam , American lawyer and politician Laurens ten Dam , Dutch road racing cyclist Peter Mohr Dam , Faroe Islands politician Rob Van Dam , American film actor and wrestler Thomas Dam , inventor of the troll doll m Thanh Xu n Thanh Xuan Dam , Vietnamese swimmer and martial artist Place names Dam, Afghanistan Dam, Bhutan Dam Square , a square in Amsterdam Den Dam , an area in northern Antwerp, Belgium Abbreviations and acronyms Database activity monitoring Destroy All Monsters , a 1968 Japanese movie Deutsche Angelger te Manufaktur Direct Action Movement Digital Asset Management Denver Art Museum Damascus International Airport , IATA code Decametre , abbreviated dam , is 10 metre s Download Acquisition Mode Diego Armando Maradona Other Dam methylase , DNA adenine methylase Dam band , a British metal band DAM band , a Palestinian rap group Dam coin , a small Indian coin Dam, one of the dancers in the Dominican folk dance B l dance b l Dental dam DAMS , Driot Arnoux Motorsport, a French based motor racing team. See also Damn disambiguation disambig de DAM el es DAM eo DAM fa DAM fr Dam it DAM la Dam li Dam nl Dam nds nl Dam ja DAM no Dam nn Dam sv Dam ... more details
Infobox single Name Dubi DamDam Artist Banaroo Cover Banaroo dubi dam dam.jpg from Album Banaroo s World B side Make You See The Stars Released Start date 2005 6 5 df yes Format CD single CD , Music download digital download , Genre Pop music Pop , dance pop Length 3 34 Label Universal Music Group Universal Writer Thorsten Br tzmann , Terri Bjerre , Ivo Moring Producer Thorsten Br tzmann Last single This single Dubi DamDam br 2005 Next single Space Cowboy Banaroo song Space Cowboy br 2005 Dubi DamDam is the debut single by German pop group Banaroo, which was released from their debut album, Banaroo s World. Formats and track listings These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of Dubi DamDam. Maxi CD Dubi DamDam 3 35 Dubi DamDam Alien Space Mix 5 19 Dubi DamDam Blue Starship Mix 5 10 Dubi DamDam Instrumental 3 34 Make You See The Stars Alternative Version 3 42 Charts class wikitable sortable Chart 2005 Peak br position ref http acharts.us song 3331 ref Austrian Singles Chart align center 2 Swiss Charts Swiss Singles Charts align center 5 Media Control Charts German Singles Chart align center 2 Dutch Top 40 Netherlands Singles Chart align center 36 References references Category 2005 songs Category Songs written by Terri Bjerre Category Songs written by Thorsten Br tzmann ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 Nilwande dam in the India n state of Maharashtra is the second largest dam on the Pravara river . coord missing Maharashtra DEFAULTSORT Nilwande Dam Category Dams in Maharashtra India dam stub ... more details
Ipo Dam is a water reservoir found in the Philippines . The dam is located near Angat Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan Norzagaray , Bulacan province. References http www.thelonerider.com 2008 aug ipodam ipodam.shtml Ipo Dam tree planting Asia dam stub Philippines struct stub Dams in the Philippines coord missing Philippines ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 Mangalam dam is constructed across the river Cherukunnapuzha which is a tributary of Mangalam river . A canal system for irrigation purpose was completed and opened in 1966, in the Alathur taluk of Palakkad district in Kerala , South India . Most of the inhabitants come from, Perumbavoor Kottayam or Chalakkudy . There are rubber, pepper, coffee, and tapioca plantations in the area. Mangalam dam is 16 km away from Vadakkencherry . Odenthode , Kunjiarpathy , Kavilupara , Vattapara , Neethipuram , Ponkandam , Kadappara , Uppumanne , Olipara , Balaswaram V.R.T and Choorupara are also in the area. A big landslide occurred near Kavilupara during the 2007 floods. Churches in the area include St. Xaviers Church Mangalam Dam IPC Peniel Hall Mangalam Dam St. Joseph Church Neethipuram St. Judes Church Odenthode Infant Jesus Church Balaswaram Missionary Baptist Church Uppumanne Muslim Juma Masjid Mangalam Dam & Wadakekkalam Coord 10 30 33 N 76 32 06 E region IN KL type waterbody source GNS enwiki display title DEFAULTSORT Mangalam DamDam Category Dams in Kerala Kerala stub India dam struct stub ... more details
Thomas Dam died November 12, 1989 was a Denmark Danish woodcutter who designed and invented the Good Luck Troll which was the forerunner of the troll doll . Dam formed the Dam Things from Denmark to market the dolls. External links http www.troll company.dk history.html History of Thomas Dam DEFAULTSORT Dam, Thomas Category Danish people Category Year of birth missing Category 1989 deaths Denmark bio stub da Thomas Dam es Thomas Dam ... more details
Barker Dam may refer to Barker Dam California , listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places Barker Dam Colorado geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Not to be confused with van Damm or van Damme disambiguation van Damme . van Dam Dutch language Dutch for of the dam may refer to Rob Van Dam Jos van Dam Andries van Dam Sabu and Rob Van Dam Rip Van Dam Nicolette van Dam Annick Van Dam Marinus van Dam Lloyd van Dams The forms VanDam, Vandam or Vandamm are often indicative of a family of Dutch or Flemish origin which had lived for generations in a non Dutch speaking environment, for example Kevin VanDam Major William Vandam , fictional British officer in Ken Follet s The Key to Rebecca Phillip Vandamm , fictional spy in Hitchcock s North by Northwest Prisoner of Vandam Street , 2004 book by Richard S. Kinky Friedman Kinky Friedman surname fr Van Dam nl Van Dam ... more details
The Cizre Dam is an under construction dam on the Tigris River north of Cizre Cizre, Turkey . The Cizre Dam is to be built in conjunction and downstream of the Ilisu Dam . The Cizre Dam is also one of the planned dams of Turkey s Southeastern Anatolia Project GAP . The purpose of the Cizre Dam is irrigation, hydro power and to control the tailwaters of the Ilisu Dam . A tender for the Cizre Dam was issued in May 2008 followed by construction in June. The dam is expected to be completed in 2012. The Cizre Dam will have a hydro power capacity of 240 MW and will provide irrigation for 121,000 hectares. ref http memrieconomicblog.org bin content.cgi?news 865 Tender issued for Cizre Dam. ref References reflist coord missing Turkey Southeastern Anatolia Project Dams in Turkey Category Dams in Turkey Category Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey Category Southeastern Anatolia Project Category Dams under construction Category Proposed hydroelectric power stations Turkey dam stub ... more details
multiple issues refimprove April 2010 notability April 2010 Khersan 3 dam is a hydroelectric dam , currently under construction in Iran with an installed electricity generating capability of 315 MWh. It is situated in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province and is a complimentary dam to Khersan project along with Khersan 1 Dam and Khersan 2 Dam . It is to become operational in 2014. ref http en.iwpco.ir default.aspx ref See also List of power stations in Iran External links Empty section date July 2010 References reflist coord missing Iran DEFAULTSORT Khersan 3 Dam Category Hydroelectric power stations in Iran Category Dams under construction Iran dam stub Hydroelectric power plant stub ... more details
The Dam Busters can refer to The nickname of No. 617 Squadron RAF No.617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force Operation Chastise , an attack by that squadron on German dams in World War II The Dam Busters book The Dam Busters book , a 1951 book by Paul Brickhill about the operation The Dam Busters film The Dam Busters film , a 1955 film about the operation Dambusters March , the theme to the film by British composer Eric Coates The Dam Busters film Remake Dambusters 2010 film , remake of the 1955 film to be produced by Peter Jackson The Dam Busters video game The Dam Busters video game , a 1984 video game A name for people who work in dam removal Nickname of USN Strike Fighter Squadron VFA 195 disambig ... more details
Expand Japanese topic tech date December 2008 Infobox damdam name Kuguno Dam image Kuguno Dam and lake.jpg caption official name crosses Hida River reservoir locale Takayama, Gifu Takayama , Gifu Prefecture , flag Japan . maint length height hydraulic head width began open closed cost reservoir capacity reservoir catchment reservoir surface bridge carries bridge width bridge clearance bridge traffic bridge toll bridge id map cue map image map text map width coordinates lat long extra Kuguno Dam is a dam in Takayama, Gifu Takayama , in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan . Image Kuguno Dam lake.jpg left 300px commonscat Kuguno Dam Dams in Gifu Prefecture coord missing Gifu Prefecture Category Dams in Gifu Prefecture japan dam struct stub ... more details
Berke Dam is concrete arch gravity dam built on the Ceyhan river in southern Turkey . There is a hydroelectric power plant , established in 2001 at the dam, with a power output of 510 MW four facilities at 128 MW each . ref http en.structurae.de structures data index.cfm?ID s0003776 Structurae Berke Dam ref References reflist coord missing Turkey Category Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey Dams in Turkey Turkey dam stub Hydroelectric power plant stub no Berkedemningen ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2011 The Kpong Dam is the second hydroelectric power generating dam in Ghana . It is owned and operated by Volta River Authority . The dam was introduced to supplement power production from Akosombo Dam , especially for the smelting of aluminium at Volta Aluminum Company VALCO in Tema . coord missing Ghana Category Hydroelectric power stations in Ghana Category Dams in Ghana ghana struct stub Africa dam stub no Kpongdemningen ... more details
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