Mauvoisin Dam
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Mauvoisin Dam is a concrete variable radius arch dam across the Val de Bagnes on the Dranse de Bagnes stream, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Initial construction on the dam commenced in 1951 an
The dam seen with Mont Blanc de Cheilon (left background)
Arch dam
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An arch dam is a concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan. The arch dam is designed so that the force of the water against it, known as hydrostatic pressure, presses against the arch, causing the
The Katse Dam, a 185 m high concrete arch dam in Lesotho
The Morrow Point Dam is a double-curvature arch dam.
The Idukki Dam in Kerala, India, is a double-curvature arch dam.
Shāh Abbās Arch near Kurit Dam – 14th century