What is ironical about dams?
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When a river is stilled behind a dam, the sediments it contains sink to the bottom of the reservoir.
The amount of sediment carried into a reservoir is at its highest during floods .
The construction of a dam blocks the flow of sediment downstream, and increased sediment build-up in the reservoir.
This triggers floods,
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they have increased the possibility of flood because of sedimentation in the reservoir
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