A check dam is a small, sometimes temporary, dam constructed across a swale, drainage ditch, or waterway to counteract erosion by reducing water flow velocity...

measurement or retardation. A check dam is a small dam designed to reduce flow velocity and control soil erosion. Conversely, a wing dam is a structure that only...

Vaigai Dam is the major dam in this river which is present in Theni district.[citation needed] Vaigai gets major feed from the Periyar Dam in Kumili...

illegal construction. Revenue department ordered to demolish the illegal check dam constructed by P. V. Anvar for the water theme park. Anvar objected to...

Mount Merapi (Indonesian: Gunung Merapi, lit. 'Fire Mountain', Javanese: ꦒꦸꦤꦸꦁ​ꦩꦼꦫꦥꦶ, romanized: Gunung Měrapi) is an active stratovolcano located on the...

August 2023. "Water from Kodiveri Check Dam released". The Hindu. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2023. "Kodiveri Dam, a weekend tourist destination in...

and an arch of the Roselend Dam in France Buttreresses check dam in Japan Buttressed dams are so-called 'permitted dams'. They consist of piers of triangular...

area, and joins the sea at Ennore Creek. The river has 9 check dams. There are two check dams across the river at Tamaraipakkam and Vallur. The excess...

2011. Govindasamy Agoramoorthy; Sunitha chaudhary; Minna J. HSU. "The Check-Dam Route to Mitigate India's Water Shortages" (PDF). Law library — University...

better baseflow. Physical conservation structures such as stone bunds and check dams also intercept runoff. In the May Be'ati exclosure, more than 1000 precise...