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A dam is a barrier built to stop or slow the flow of water in rivers or streams. Dams create reservoirs that help prevent flooding, supply water for drinking and irrigation, enable hydroelectric power generation, and allow water to be stored and distributed to different areas.
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- Subclass of
- hydraulic structure
- Image
- RappbodeLufts.JPG
- Has use
- reservoir
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- Commons category
- Dams
- equivalent class
- dbpedia.org/ontology/Dam
- Commons gallery
- Dam
- topic has template
- Template:Infobox dam
- OpenStreetMap tag
- waterway=dam
- topic's main category
- Category:Dams
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000074
- different from
- Dam
- model item
- Aswan Dam
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