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.
With a buttress dam, the face of the dam is held by a series of supports or buttresses that are placed at intervals on the downstream side. The buttresses work to combat the force of reservoir water from trying to push the dam over.Sugar Hollow Reservoir Dam-White Hall, VA.s a result, this type of dam is also referred to as an Ambursen dam. Ambursenâs flat slab buttress dam design took advantage of the stabilizing effect of the vertical water load on the strongly inclined upstream face that required a minimal buttress thickness per unit of dam length.