Definition of money for English Language Learners. : 1  something (such as coins or bills) used as a way to pay for goods and services and to pay people for their work. : 2  a person's wealth : the money that a person has. 3  monies : amounts of money.
Normally buttress dams are made of concrete and feature a series braces called buttresses along the downstream side of the dam to prevent the natural flow of water. The Daniel-Johnson Dam in Quebec, Canada is a multiple arch buttress dam.In the U.S., the most common type of dam is the embankment dam. These are large dams made out of soil and rock which use their weight to hold back water. To prevent water from moving through them, embankment dams also have a thick waterproof core.The Tarbela Dam in Pakistan is the worldâs largest embankment dam. reservoir is a man-made lake that is primarily used for storing water. They can also be defined as the specific bodies of water formed by the construction of a dam. For example, the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Californiaâs Yosemite National Park is the body of water created and held back by the OâShaughnessy Dam.
This is a list of the tallest dams in the world over 135 m in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at 305 m. The tallest embankment dam and second tallest dam in the world is the 300 m Nurek Dam in Tajikistan. The tallest gravity dam is the 285 m high Grande Dixence Dam in Switzerland. The highest natural dam, Usoi Dam 567 m in Tajikistan is higher than the highest existing man-made one.