Because the Naryn Basin, where many hydroelectric projects are located, is very active seismically, flooding is also a danger should a dam be broken by an earthquake.

The dam is located on the Paraguay River, and Paraguay and Brazil evenly share the ownership, operation, and electricity generated.

The construction of the dam and the filling of the Allegheny Reservoir also necessitated the elimination of the small village of Corydon, which was located at the confluence of Willow Creek with the Allegheny River ; and the small village of Kinzua, which was located at the confluence of Kinzua Creek with the Allegheny River.

Many prominent individuals opposed the construction of the dam at that time because of the damage it would do to Seneca lands, including Pennsylvania Congressman John P. Saylor of Johnstown, and Howard Zahniser, executive director of The Wilderness Society and native of Tionesta — a small settlement located along the Allegheny River several miles downstream from Warren.

Band-e Kaisar ( Caesar's dam ) is one of the remnants of Roman engineering located near the ancient city of Susa.

The main tourist attractions of Lesotho, Lancer's Gap, Sani Pass, Afri-Ski resort, Katse dam, Thaba Bosiu and the Maluti Mountains are located a short distance from Maseru.

Zürichsee is strictly the name of the part of the lake downstream of the dam at Rapperswil, mostly located within the canton of Zurich.

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China.

The original plans called for the dam to employ a unique method for moving ships ; the ships would move into locks located at the lower and upper ends of the dam and then cranes with cables would move the ships from one lock to the next.

The reservoir created by the Chocón dam, located on the Río Negro, is one of the country's largest manmade lakes.

The Itaipu Dam (,, ;, ) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.

The name Edam originates from a dam on the little river E or IJe where the first settlement was located and which was therefore called IJedam.

The creation of the lake led to the destruction of two Marshall County towns: Birmingham, located about six miles north of the present day town of Fairdealing, and Gilbertsville, which was at the present-day dam site.

Also in the county are the Dworshak Reservoir, Dworshak State Park, Dworshak National Fish Hatchery, and the Dworshak Dam, third highest dam in the U. S. The modest Bald Mountain ski area is located between Orofino and Pierce.

The construction of the Lloyd Shoals dam in 1910 created Jackson Lake, a prime recreational lake located primarily in Butts County.

There are many tourist attractions, including a large dam, with tourist facilities, located a few kilometers from the city, in the mountains.

Greers Ferry Lake and The Little Red River are located just north of the city, where rainbow trout are stocked in The Little Red and can be fished below the dam.

Canyondam is located near the dam that forms Lake Almanor, east-southeast of Almanor.

The dam is located on the southwest corner of the lake.

Rogers Lake is located in the towns of Old Lyme and Lyme and is formed by a dam along Town Woods Road in Old Lyme.

Lock and dam 52 is also located in Brookport and is run by the Army Corps of engineers.

* East Comstock is a named place located just east of the community of Comstock on M-96, near the dam forming Morrow Lake on the Kalamazoo River at.

Sturgis Dam Days is now held in honor of the hydro-electric dam that opened in 1911, located near Centerville, MI, but is owned by the city of Sturgis.

A Confederate observed that the Yankees were: `` thicker than lise on a hen and a dam site ornraier ''.

Such repair work, a reduction in height, and unusually high snowmelt and heavy spring rains combined to cause the dam to give way on May 31, 1889 resulting in twenty million tons of water to sweep down the valley causing the Johnstown Flood.

In 2007, the destruction of the Marmot Dam on the Sandy River was the first dam removal in the system.

Calves are usually weaned at about eight to nine months of age, depending on the season and condition of the dam, they might be weaned earlier.

* Ceres Koekedouw Dam, dam on the Koekedouw River, near Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa

Initial extrapolations placed Cooper's landing area on the southernmost outreach of Mount St. Helens, a few miles southeast of Ariel, Washington, near Lake Merwin, an artificial lake formed by a dam on the Lewis River.

Since Syria built a dam on the Euphrates, the flow of water has been considerably diminished and flooding was no longer a problem in the mid-1980s.

In 1988 Turkey was also constructing a dam on the Euphrates that would further restrict the water flow.

* 1910 – Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at.

* 1786 – A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100, 000 in the Sichuan province of China.

Each country has its own power station on the north and south bank of the dam respectively.

Northern Rhodesia had decided earlier in 1953 ( before the Federation was founded ) to build a dam within its territory, on the Kafue River, a major tributary of the Zambezi.

A 2005 book, " Deep Water " by Jacques Leslie focused on the plight of the people resettled by the dam, and found the situation little changed.

Their report states: " The Gwembe Tonga on the Zambian side and the Zimbabwean Tonga are one ; but due to separation brought about by the dam, they are now considered different people.

The group is also calling on the World Bank and other parties involved in building the dam to bring justice to the Tonga.

The proposed fourth dam, at the town of Daugavpils on the Daugava River, became the rallying point for protest in 1986-87 by hundreds of thousands of Latvians.

Then the natural dam on the Goulburn River failed, the lake drained, and the Murray River avulsed to the south and started to flow through the smaller Goulburn River channel, creating " The Barmah Choke " and " The Narrows " ( where the river channel is unusually narrow ), before entering into the proper Murray River channel again.

* Narmada Bachao Andolan, a political movement in India against a dam built on the Narmada River

The construction produced a tremendous economic boom, as thousands of Paraguayans who had never before held a regular job went to work on the enormous dam.

Paraguay – Brazil relations have improved greatly after Brazilian President Lula's decision in 2009 to triple its payments to Paraguay for energy from a massive hydro-electric dam on their border, ending a long-running dispute.

Biso Kotuwa, a peculiar construction inside a dam, is a technological marvel based on precise mathematics, allowing water to flow outside the dam keeping the pressure to a minimum.

* Historic photos of Army Corps of Engineers lock and dam projects on the Sabine, 1910-20s