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A concrete, masonry, or timber dam with the alignment curved upstream so as to transmit the major part of the water load to the abutments.
Industry:Energy
The water immediately upstream from a dam. The water surface elevation varies due to fluctuations in inflow and the amount of water passed through the dam.
Industry:Energy
An industrial waste dam in which the waste materials come from mining operations or mineral processing.
Industry:Energy
The volume of the reservoir that is available for some use such as power generation, irrigation, flood control, water supply, etc. The bottom elevation is the minimum operating level.
Industry:Energy
Climates and orographic influences that are alike or similar.
Industry:Energy
The protection of a slope against wave action or erosion. See Riprap.
Industry:Energy
A wall of impervious material usually of concrete, asphaltic concrete, or steel sheet piling constructed in the foundation and abutments to reduce seepage beneath and adjacent to the dam.
Industry:Energy
A nearly horizontal step in the sloping profile of an embankment dam. Also a step in a rock or earth cut.
Industry:Energy
A hydrograph with a volume of one inch of runoff resulting from a storm of a specified duration and areal distribution. Hydrographs from other storms of the same duration and distribution are assumed to have the same time base but with ordinates of flow in proportion to the runoff volumes.
Industry:Energy
