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Categories: Dams by type, Gravity dams, All articles needing additional references, Articles with short description
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gravity dam  Concrete Gravity dam
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A gravity dam is a dam constructed from concrete or stone masonry and designed to hold back water by using only the weight of the material and its resistance against the foundation to oppose the horizontal pressure of water pushing against it. Wikipedia
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A gravity dam is a dam constructed from concrete or stone masonry and designed to hold back water by using only the weight of the material and its resistance against the foundation to oppose the horizontal pressure of water pushing against it. Wikipedia
Type of dam that uses mass to counteract water pressure Wikidata
An impoundment dam that is wider at the base than at the top, and which uses the massive weight of the dam's mass to withstand the force of water being being stored behind the dam in its reservoir. Wiktionary
IS A
dam
HAS KIND
arch-gravity dam
Cornalvo Dam
Dworshak Dam
Grand Coulee Dam
Krasnoyarsk Dam
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HAS INSTANCE
Aswan High Dam
Grande Dixence Dam
Hickory Log Creek Dam
Folsom Dam
Hells Canyon Dam
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MATERIAL USED
concrete
stone
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gravity dam
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gravity dam
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gravity dam
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Concrete Gravity dam

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