photo: WN / Geeta
Clothes Drying on a dam side - India
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Austin Dam
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Mohawk Dam, located in Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio northwest of Nellie, is a dry dam constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the mid 1930s for the purpose of flood control on the Walhonding River. The dam is part of the larger 18-county Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD). The dam has been in service for 70 years and was recently placed on the USACE's "Urgent" dam safety classification list and plans are currently being drafted that would al
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An abundant river was improved by building a dam on its sides, which makes it easier for washers to do their laundry and dry the clothes on the cement
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Cleveland Dam.
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Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve.
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Caballo Lake, formed by Caballo Dam on the Rio Grande around 1905. The Rio Grande is known today for being dry in its lower reaches today, like the Colorado River to the west
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Griggs Dam
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Parambikulam Dam is an embankment dam on the Parambikulam River.
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Hydroelectric dam on the Río Negro, near Resistencia, Chaco (Argentina); the torrential rains that follow the region's long dry season make flood-control works critical.
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Aerial view of the locks at Lock and Dam 19. The 1957 lock is the largest at left, with the dewatered drydock and 1913 lock at its left. The old Keokuk Rail Bridge and Keokuk-Hamilton Bridge are visible in the foreground. View is upriver to the northeast.
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Oosterscheldekering, the largest of 13 Delta Works' dams.
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Drought
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A flash flood after a thunderstorm in the Gobi, Mongolia. A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas - washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins.
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Water flowing over the crest of the Dam
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Paintsville Lake is a 1,139-acre (4.61 km2) reservoir in Johnson and Morgan counties in Kentucky. It was impounded from Paint Creek in 1983 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It is the major attraction of Paintsville Lake State Park.
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Delta Marsh Field Station Manitoba. Severe flooding around the lake led to the excavation of an improved outlet channel between 1899 and 1901.
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Edersee
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Lake Manitoba from Delta Marsh Field Station Manitoba Canada. Severe flooding around the lake led to the excavation of an improved outlet channel between 1899 and 1901.
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agondanahalli Reservoir, also known as T G Halli Dam or Chamarajsagar, is located at the confluence of the Arkavathy River and Kumudavathi River, 35 km west of Bangalore, India.
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Seneca Lake is a reservoir in Guernsey and Noble Counties, Ohio. It is located approximately 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Cambridge near the village of Senecaville, Ohio. The lake is popular among recreation and fishing enthusiasts and was formerly referred to as Senecaville Lake.
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Mactaquac Dam
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Kayaking in front of the historical Bridge wall of Hanna Lake constructed by Great Britain in 1894.
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In this photo taken Thursday, July 9, 2009, Adilla Finchaan, 50 checks her land in Latifiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq.
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South Branch, just below Blackwood Lake, looking downstream
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In this photo taken Thursday, July 9, 2009, Ashore Mohammed, 60, checks his land in Latifiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 9, 2009.
![The Skagit River (pronounced /ˈskædʒɨt/ SKAJ-it) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (6900 km²) of the Cascade Range along the northern end of Puget Sound.[1] The Skagit watershed is characterized by a temperate, mid-latitude, maritime climate. Temperatures range widely throughout the watershed. Recorded temperatures at Newhalem](http://web.archive.org./web/20101208002415im_/http://cdn.wn.com/pd/c8/1a/6adae729495a79dd3766fcde549a_grande.jpg "The Skagit River (pronounced /ˈskædʒɨt/ SKAJ-it) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (6900 km²) of the Cascade Range along the northern end of Puget Sound.[1] The Skagit watershed is characterized by a temperate, mid-latitude, maritime climate. Temperatures range widely throughout the watershed. Recorded temperatures at Newhalem")
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The Skagit River (pronounced /ˈskædʒɨt/ SKAJ-it) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (6900 km²) of the Cascade Range along the northern end of Puget Sound.[1] The Skagit watershed is characterized by a temperate, mid-latitude, maritime climate. Temperatures range widely throughout the watershed. Recorded temperatures at Newhalem
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In this photo taken Thursday, July 9, 2009, Adilla Finchaan, 50 and her husband Ashore Mohammed, 60 check there land in Latifiyah, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq.
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Lamayuru is a Tibetan Buddhist Gompa (monastery) in Kargil District, Western Ladakh, situated on the Srinagar - Kargil - Leh road 15 km east of the Fotu La, at a height of 3,510 m.
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High Rock Lake (Abbotts Creek Branch) in the drought of 2002
![The Skagit River (pronounced /ˈskædʒɨt/ SKAJ-it) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (6900 km²) of the Cascade Range along the northern end of Puget Sound.[1] The Skagit watershed is characterized by a temperate, mid-latitude, maritime climate. Temperatures range widely throughout the watershed. Recorded temperatures at Newhalem](http://web.archive.org./web/20101208002415im_/http://cdn.wn.com/pd/c8/1a/6adae729495a79dd3766fcde549a_thumb.jpg "The Skagit River (pronounced /ˈskædʒɨt/ SKAJ-it) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (6900 km²) of the Cascade Range along the northern end of Puget Sound.[1] The Skagit watershed is characterized by a temperate, mid-latitude, maritime climate. Temperatures range widely throughout the watershed. Recorded temperatures at Newhalem")
