Earthen dam | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 16/05/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embankment_dam


00:00:45 1 Types
00:01:51 2 Safety
00:04:45 3 See also
00:05:03 4 Notes
00:05:12 5 External links



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An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil, sand, clay, or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and a dense, impervious core. This makes such a dam impervious to surface or seepage erosion. Such a dam is composed of fragmented independent material particles. The friction and interaction of particles binds the particles together into a stable mass rather than by the use of a cementing substance.