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.
a dam in which the water pressure of the headrace, which is absorbed by the pressure floor (in the form of plates or vaults), is transmitted to buttresses and the foundation.Buttress dams are constructed primarily from concrete and reinforced concrete.oth fixed and spillway buttress dams are built. In comparison with massive gravity dams, buttress dams (especially the multiple-arch type) produce savings of 40 percent and more in concrete and costs, depending on the design and local conditions. The height of buttress dams sometimes exceeds 100 m.