What is a dam?
Write the advantage
and diadvantages of dam
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⇒A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability.
⇒Benefits of Dams. Dams provide a range of economic, environmental, and social benefits, including recreation, flood control, water supply, hydroelectric power, waste management, river navigation, and wildlife habitat. Dams provide prime recreational facilities throughout the United States.
⇒Some of the disadvantages are: Dams tend to be extremely expensive to build and when a decision is taken to build one anyway, it must adhere to a very high standard. ... You must have heard of the rare flooding related to big dams. But this flooding of large areas of land means that the natural environment is destroyed.
Answer:
Dams:-
A barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply.
ADVANTAGES:
1). Once a dam is constructed, electricity can be produced at a constant rate.
2). Dams are designed to last many decades and so can contribute to the generation of electricity for many years / decades.
DISADVANATGES:
1). Dams are extremely expensive to build and must be built to a very high standard.
2). The high cost of dam construction means that they must operate for many decades to become profitable.
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