Dartmouth Dam is a large rock-fill embankment dam with an uncontrolled chute spillway across the Mitta Mitta,Gibbo and Dart rivers,the Morass Creek and a number of small tributaries. The dam is located near Mount Bogong in the north-east of the Australian state of Victoria. The dam's purpose includes irrigation,the generation of hydro-electric power,water supply and conservation. The impounded reservoir is called Dartmouth Reservoir,sometimes called Lake Dartmouth. The Dartmouth Power Station,a hydro-electric power station that generates power to the national grid,is located near the dam wall.
Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam in Stephens County,Georgia,just outside the city of Toccoa. Heavy rainfall caused it to collapse on November 6,1977,and the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused $2.8 million in damage. The dam was never rebuilt.
Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville,California,in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley. At 770 feet (235 m) high,it is the tallest dam in the U.S. and serves mainly for water supply,hydroelectricity generation,and flood control. The dam impounds Lake Oroville,the second-largest reservoir in California,capable of storing more than 3.5 million acre-feet (1.1×10^12 US gal;4.3×109 m3).
The Saluda Dam or Saluda River Dam,officially the Dreher Shoals Dam,commonly referred to as the Lake Murray Dam,is an earthen embankment dam located approximately 10 miles (15 km) west of Columbia,South Carolina on the Saluda River. Construction on the dam began in 1927 and was completed in 1930. The purpose of the dam is flood control,hydroelectricity,recreation and water supply. At the time of its completion,the Saluda Dam was the world's largest earthen dam,creating the world's largest man-made lake,Lake Murray. In 2005,construction on a 213 ft (65 m). tall roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam was completed at the toe of the original dam in order to mitigate an earthquake-caused dam failure.
Copeton Dam is a major clay core and rock fill embankment dam with nine radial gates and a gated concrete chute spillway across the Gwydir River upstream of Bingara in the New England region of New South Wales,Australia. The dam's purpose includes environmental flows,hydro-electric power generation,irrigation,and water supply. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Copeton.
Googong Dam is a minor ungated earth and rock fill with clay core embankment dam with concrete chute spillway plus a nearby 13 metres (43 ft) high earthfill saddle embankment across the Queanbeyan River upstream of Queanbeyan in the Capital Country region of New South Wales,Australia. The dam's purpose includes water supply for Canberra and Queanbeyan. The impounded reservoir is called Googong Reservoir.
Tooma Dam is a major ungated earthen embankment dam across the Tooma River in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales,Australia. The dam's main purpose is for the generation of hydro-power and is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Snowy Mountains Scheme,a vast hydroelectricity and irrigation complex constructed in south-east Australia between 1949 and 1974 and now run by Snowy Hydro.
The Ross River Dam is a rock and earthfill-filled embankment dam across the Ross River,located between Kelso and Mount Stuart in the City of Townsville in northern Queensland,Australia. Built initially for flood control,Lake Ross,the impoundment created by the dam,serves as one of the major potable water supplies for the region.
Kaptai Dam is on the Karnaphuli River at Kaptai,65 km (40 mi) upstream from Chittagong in Rangamati District,Bangladesh. It is an earth-fill embankment dam with a reservoir water storage capacity of 6,477 million cubic metres (5,251,000 acre⋅ft). The primary purpose of the dam and reservoir was to generate hydroelectric power. Construction was completed in 1962,in then-East Pakistan. The generators in the 230 MW (310,000 hp) Karnafuli Hydroelectric Power Station were commissioned between 1962 and 1988. It is the only hydroelectric power station in Bangladesh.
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and a dense,impervious core. This makes the dam impervious to surface or seepage erosion. Such a dam is composed of fragmented independent material particles. The friction and interaction of particles binds the particles together into a stable mass rather than by the use of a cementing substance.
The Nillahcootie Dam,a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with a unique Gothic arch-shaped crest spillway across the Broken River that is located near Mansfield,in the Alpine region of Victoria,Australia. The dam's purpose is for the supply of potable water and for irrigation. The impounded reservoir is called Lake Nillahcootie.
The Cotter Dam is a concrete gravity and rockfill embankment dam across the Cotter River,located in the Australian Capital Territory,Australia. Both the dam and river are named after early settler in the area Garrett Cotter. The impounded Cotter Reservoir is a supply source of potable water for the city of Canberra and its environs.
Al Wahda Dam,formerly known as M'Jaara Dam,is an embankment dam on the Ouergha River near M´Jaara in Taounate Province,Morocco. It was constructed for flood control,irrigation,water supply and hydroelectric power production. It is the second largest dam in Africa and the largest in Morocco. It was described by Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) as "the second most important dam in Africa after the High Aswan dam."
Machchhu River is a river in Gujarat,India,with its origin in the Madla hills. Its basin has a maximum length of 130 km (81 mi). The total catchment area of the basin is 2,515 km2 (971 sq mi). The river is also occasionally transliterated as Machhu River.
The Dikgatlhong Dam is a dam near the village of Robelela on the Shashe River in Botswana,completed in December 2011. When full it will hold 400,000,000 cubic metres (1.4×1010 cu ft). The next largest dam in Botswana,the Gaborone Dam,has capacity of 141,000,000 cubic metres (5.0×109 cu ft).
This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in India. Floods are the most common natural disaster in India. The heaviest southwest,the Brahmaputra,and other rivers to distend their banks,often flooding surrounding areas.
In February 2017,heavy rainfall damaged Oroville Dam's main and emergency spillways,prompting the evacuation of more than 180,000 people living downstream along the Feather River and the relocation of a fish hatchery.
Meenkara Dam is an embankment or earthen dam built on the banks of the river Gayatripuzha,a tributary of the river Bharathapuzha,at Muthalamada in the Muthalamada Grama Panchayat near Kollengode in the Palakkad district of Kerala with masonry spillway sections. It is part of the Gayatri Irrigation Project. The project was started in 1956 and partially commissioned in 1960. The project was fully completed in 1964. The irrigation scheme has been prepared for agriculture and drinking water in Palakkad district. Farms in Chittoor,Nemmara,Alathur in Palakkad district and Vadakkancherry in Thrissur district will benefit from this irrigation scheme.
On 30 October 2022 a pedestrian suspension bridge over the Machchhu River in the city of Morbi in Gujarat,India,collapsed,causing the deaths of at least 135 people and injuries to more than 180 others.
