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Dam failure

A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. Between the years 2000 and 2009 more than 200 notable dam failures happened worldwide.

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Main causes of dam failures

Gleno DamGlen Canyon DamOroville DamWalnut Grove DamSouth Fork Dam
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Expected dam failures

Structural engineeringAswan High DamFlood routing
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Structural failureDamReservoirLakeSpillway
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Dam failure

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has cause · 30
Dam failure → Buffalo Creek Flood, Common, Dale Dike Reservoir, Debris, EarthquakesClimate-driven, Extreme, Geological, Glen Canyon Dam, Gleno Dam, Human, Internal, Lawn Lake Dam, Lowering, Malpasset Dam, Oroville Dam, Outburst, Permafrost, Poor, Rock-ice, Shakidor Dam
related to External links · 22
Dam failure → Application, Available, Characteristics, Compilation Archived, Dam Break Wave Problem, Ex-engineers, Failure, Flood Event Case History, Floods, Hydraulic Research, IAHR, ISSN, Journal, Method, Nazi, No, ReclamationMount Polley, Soviet, United States Dam Safety, Vol
related to Expected dam failures · 10
Dam failure → Aswan Dam, Aswan High Dam, Based, Breach, Egypt, Hany El-Kateb, Important, November, Some, These

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dam dams failures failure water reservoir flood power structural 2009 dangerous forces caused spillway lake floods based catastrophic release notable

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Dam failurehas causeSub-standard0.60section
Dam failurehas causeGleno Dam0.60section
Dam failurehas causeSpillway0.60section
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Dam failurehas causeOroville Dam0.60section
Dam failurehas causeWalnut Grove Dam0.60section
Dam failurehas causeLowering0.60section
Dam failurehas causeSouth Fork Dam0.60section
Dam failurehas causeGeological0.60section
Dam failurehas causeMalpasset Dam0.60section
Dam failurehas causeSliding0.60section

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