DAMS

DAMS
DAM IS A BRRIER THAT IMPOUNDS WATER OR
UNDERGROUND STEAMS.
THE MAN MADE RESOURCE WHICH IS
ECOFREINDALY AND PRESENT IT SELF AS A
BASIC RESOURCE WHICH IS IN NEED OF PEOPLES
.
DAMS IS A RESOIRVIOUR WHICH STORAGE OF
WATER WHICH STORES A TONES OF WATER IN IT.
 ADVANTAGES OF DAMS
THE WATER STORED IN DAME ARE USED
IN SUMMERS FORAGRICULTURE AND
HOUSE HOLD USE.
THE WATER PRESENT IN DAMS ARE
FRESH SO THEY CAN BE USE IN
DRINKING PURPOSE.
WATER SPORTS CAN BE CONDUCTED IN
DAMS.
 DISADANTAGES OF DAMS
LOT OF AREA IS REQUIRE FOR
CONSTRUCTING OF DAMS.
IN CASE OF ANY PROBLEMS AT DAMS
OR ANY DISASTER LIKE EARTHQUAKE
HAPPENS THEN THE AREA NEARE BY
GETS FLOODED AND GETS
DESTRUCTED
BASIC FEATURES
 A dam blocks the flow of water in a river or stream so
that it must pass over, through, or around the barrier.
On the upstream side, the water backs up into an
artificial lake, or reservoir, for storage. Water may pass
over the crest of the dam itself or near the dam in
chutes, tunnels, or shafts. A sluice is a passage
through the dam, often used for lowering the water
level of the reservoir. Dams may also have sluices that
drain silt or that permit fish to pass. In some dams,
pipes called penstocks carry water to power turbines
that use the waterpower to generate electricity.
Floodwaters that exceed the capacity of a dam, as from
heavy rain or a landslide, flow over or through the
spillway. Valves and control gates regulate the flow of
water from a dam's intake towers through its sluices,
penstocks, and spillways.
 WHY PEOPLE BUILD DAMS
Irrigation
The primary function of many dams is to provide water for
farming. Some dams divert rivers into canals or pipelines to
irrigate land many miles away. Dams are used also when a river
flows at a lower elevation than the land to be irrigated.
Some rivers have great seasonal changes in the amount of their
flow, flooding during part of the year and slowing nearly to a
trickle at other times. Irrigation dams built on such rivers store
water to equalize the supply for crops throughout the year. Before
the Nile River was dammed, for example, it overflowed its banks
every summer. The floods allowed Egyptian farmers to grow crops
for one season each year on a narrow strip of land on either side
of the river. The Aswan High Dam (1970) now collects the Nile's
floodwaters in a reservoir called Lake Nasser and releases a
steady stream of water for farming year-round. The dam also has
allowed farmers to cultivate hundreds of thousands of acres of
formerly barren desert land.
 Water Supply
Some dams collect water for people to drink
or for industry. Such dams serve cities and
townsLos Angeles, Calif.; Abuja, Nigeria;
and Perth, Australia; for examplethat do
not have suitable lakes or rivers nearby.