A spillway is a structure used to provide for the controlled release of flows from a dam or levee into a downstream area, typically being the river that was dammed ...

Recent advances have permitted the construction of large dams and reservoirs and channels. These have required the development of new spillway designs. A key feature of a spillway system is ...

A weir (pronounced /ˈwɪər/), also known as a lowhead dam, is a small overflow-type dam commonly used to raise the level of a river or stream. Weirs have traditionally been ...

A tidal bore (or simply bore in context, or also aegir, eagre, or eygre) is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave ...

Inflatable rubber dams are cylindrical rubber fabrics placed across channels, streams and weir or dam crests to raise the upstream water level when inflated. The membrane is a multi-layer ...

Brazilian Girls are a quartet from New York whose music is characterized by their mixing of the musical genres reggae, tango, chanson, house, electronica, jazz and bossa nova.

Sri Aman is a market town and port, and the capital of Sri Aman District and Sri Aman Division in Sarawak, east Malaysia.

An embankment dam is a massive artificial water barrier. It is typically created by the emplacement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil, sand ...