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Embankment dams come in two types: the earth-filled dam (also called an earthen dam or terrain dam) made of compacted earth, and the rock-filled dam.A cross-section of an embankment dam shows a shape like a bank, or hill.
These dams are characterized by a slender vertical puddle clay core supported on both sides by earthfill shoulders of more heterogeneous material. To control under-seepage through the natural foundation below the dam, the Pennines embankments generally constructed a puddle clay-filled cutoff trench in rock directly below the central core.
Typical earthworks include road construction, railway beds, causeways, dams, levees, canals, and berms.Other common earthworks are land grading to reconfigure the topography of a site, or to stabilize slopes.
The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. By general definition, a dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams, hence tailings dams are relegated to a separate list.
Typically, a base or starter dam is constructed, and as it fills with a mixture of tailings and water, it is raised. Material used to raise the dam can include the tailings (if their properties are suitable), earthfill, or rockfill. [7] It is increasingly common for barrier systems such as geomembranes to be incorporated into tailings dams ...
Uryu Doentei Earth-fill Dam (Japanese: 雨竜土堰堤) is an earthfill dam located in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 368.5 km 2. The dam impounds about 2373 ha of land when full and can store 244653 thousand cubic meters of water.
Hydraulic sluicing. Hydraulic fill is a means of selectively emplacing soil or other materials using a stream of water. It is also a term used to describe the materials thus emplaced. [1]
B. Bakolori Dam; Banieya Dam; Bao-Tavera Dams; Baroon Pocket Dam; Bath County Pumped Storage Station; Bawanur Dam; Bear Creek Dam (Colorado) Benmore Dam; Bhavanisagar Dam