World's Largest Dam's

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Good Information shared by you,Ashok. Keep posting good information!!!

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Thanks Ashok for sharing this informative post! Keep it up!

Good info.Thanks for sharing

greater sense, the word DAM is an embankment to store water and thus the water is confined. Dam is therefore a barrier, which is built across a water course of a normally giant river of a country to hold back firmly the mighty water, often forming a big reservoir or lake. Dams are made of timber, earth, rock, masonry, concrete or combinations of these materials. Timber is seldom used in a dam because, timbers are impermanent and their height is not reasonable. Dams made from rock, earth, masonry are all useful.

Dams have been constructed from early times to provide sufficient and ready supply of water for irrigation and other numerous purposes. For centuries dam design was based upon previous experience. Remains of ancient earth fill dams still exist in India and Sri Lanka. The earliest recorded dam is believed to be a masonry structure 49 feet (15 meters) high that built across the Nile River in Egypt around 2900 BC. A rock fill dam built around 1300 BC in what is now modern Syria is the oldest dam still in use. A very important dam is the Aswan high dam, started in Egypt in 1960 near the Aswan dam built in 1902. Half of the Egypt's population are farmers, who rely entirely on irrigation. Virtually, Egypt a rainless country, depends for its existence entirely on the Nile, the second longest river in the world.

Hope any of the Indian DAMS list in the top 10 atleast in future.

I think it is must to be known thing..thanks Ashok for educating.. :)

Thanks for sharing this link.I think I received the same through a mail.

This is very awesome... Good piece of information... Thanks for sharing here. :)

Priya B wrote:
[quote]Hope any of the Indian DAMS list in the top 10 atleast in future.[/quote]

We can hope Priya.

There is a lot of scope for the improvement and development of our country...

So hope to see India in future.. :)