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embankment dam. Earth-fill dams, also called earthen dams, rolled-earth dams or earth dams, are constructed as a simple embankment of well-compacted earth. A

man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. A dam is generally defined as a barrier that impounds water or underground flows, so tailings dams are relegated

Large Dams, 73 dams and reservoirs in Pakistan are over 15 m (49 ft) in height. Tarbela Dam in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the largest earth-filled

main dam known as Banasurasagar Dam, an earth fill dam and a concrete gravity spillway dam and six saddle dams namely, a) Kosani (Earth fill dam) 13.8

The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India, just upstream of Talwara

Dams of a similar age have also been attributed to the Liangzhu culture, of the Yangtze Delta. Egyptians also built dams, such as Sadd-el-Kafara Dam for

Tarbela Dam (Pashto: د توربېلې بند, Hindko: تربیلا بند) is an earth-filled dam on the Indus River in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is mainly

state-wise list of dams and reservoirs in India. As of July, 2019, total number of large dams in India is 5,334. About 447 large dams are under construction

Rapidan Dam is a concrete gravity dam located on the Blue Earth River in Rapidan Township southwest of Mankato, Minnesota in the United States. The dam was

small and large dams made of earth and stone.[citation needed] In 2023, along with other landmarks of the ancient Kingdom of Saba, Marib Dam was added to