dam wall
Reservoir retaining structure
A dam wall is the main structural barrier of a dam—the concrete, earth, or rock structure that holds back water.
The term emphasizes the wall itself rather than the broader dam system including spillways and reservoirs.
Engineers inspected the dam wall for cracks after the earthquake.
More common in British and Australian English than American.
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- concreteSolid building mixture
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- man-made lakeArtificially created water body
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
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