dam

Summary

dam ranks in the top 0.94% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,198 views/month, #732 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• dam is a type of barrier structure^[2].
• dam is a type of infrastructure^[3].
• dam is a type of obstacle^[4].
• dam is a type of architectural structure^[5].
• dam is a type of hydraulic structure^[6].
• dam is used for flood control structure^[7].
• dam is used for hydroelectricity^[8].
• dam is used for agricultural irrigation^[9].
• dam is used for drinking water^[10].
• dam is used for aquaculture^[11].
• dam is used for navigability^[12].
• dam is used for outdoor recreation^[13].
• dam is used for reservoir^[14].
• dam's Commons category is recorded as Dams^[15].
• dam comprises spillway^[16].
• dam comprises concrete dam^[17].
• dam's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dams^[18].
• dam's Commons gallery is recorded as Dam^[19].
• dam's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as waterway=dam^[20].
• dam's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[21].
• dam's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• dam's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• dam's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• dam's described by source is recorded as Tamil Encyclopedia^[25].
• dam's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include barrier structure^[2], infrastructure^[3], obstacle^[4], architectural structure^[5], and hydraulic structure^[6].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include flood control structure^[7], hydroelectricity^[8], agricultural irrigation^[9], drinking water^[10], aquaculture^[11], and navigability^[12]. Components include spillway^[16] and concrete dam^[17], a type of dam^[27].

Influence

Things named for dam include Rotterdam^[28], a big city^[29], in Netherlands^[30].

Why It Matters

dam ranks in the top 0.94% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,198 views/month, #732 of 77,819).^[1] dam has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] dam is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for dam include Rotterdam^[28], a big city^[29], in Netherlands^[30].