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Almost 100 dams of this design have now been built worldwide since the first such dam was completed in 1962. All asphalt-concrete core dams built so far have an excellent performance record. The type of asphalt used is a viscoelastic - plastic material that can adjust to the movements and deformations imposed on the embankment as a whole, and ...
The Mukurumudzi Dam is the primary water source for the Kwale Mineral Sands Project which mines titanium and zircon minerals from the dunes in the area south of Mombasa, The Kwale Project is operated by the Australian mining company, Base Resources, [1] and is located 10 kilometres inland from the Kenyan coast and 50 kilometres south of Mombasa, Kenya's principal port facility.
This is the category for embankment dams that are filled with earthen material such as soil. Pages in category "Earth-filled dams" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 259 total.
The Edersee Dam in Hesse, Germany. A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability.
The dam has a height of 38.5 metres (126 ft) and length of 776 metres (2,546 ft). In the dam's reservoir there is a set of islands that were formed when the reservoir submerged the surrounding areas. [2] The islands with the Banasura hills are in the background view. [3] It is the largest earth dam in India and the second largest of its kind in ...
The first dam on the Machchhu river, named Machchhu I, was built in 1959, having a catchment area of 730 square kilometres (280 sq mi). The Machchhu II dam was constructed downstream of Machchhu I in 1972, and has a catchment area of 1,929 square kilometres (745 sq mi). [5] It was an earthfill dam. The dam was meant to serve an irrigation scheme.
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 ...
The dam's crest sits at an elevation of 232 m (761 ft) and is composed of three sections: the main dam, a saddle dam, and an auxiliary dam located with the spillway. The spillway is a chute-type controlled by three radial gates but equipped with an overflow section as well. The design discharge of the spillway is 4,200 m 3 /s