Keepit Dam, NSW, Australia

Description: A saddle dam is an auxiliary dam constructed to confine the reservoir created by a primary dam.

Theodore Roosevelt Dam in Arizona

Description: Any dam constructed mainly of stone, brick or concrete blocks jointed with mortar.

St. Charles Parish, Louisiana west bank levee

Description: A levee is an embankment, like a dam, constructed to prevent the overflow of a body of water.

(DamSeli'š Ksanka Qlispe' Dam (formerly Kerr Dam)) Poulson, MT

Description: Water flows through a turbine, spinning it, activating a generator to produce electricity.

Eyes on Dams

Photos and webcams of dams

Olympic Peninsula, Washington State
USDOI, NPS

Mohawk River
USDOI, USGS
Maintainer: New York District
Locks and Dam 15 Rock Island Locks and D

The Chattahoochee River at 14th St. at Columbus, GA.
USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center – Georgia

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