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The 29 pages that link to Dam, each with the reason it gives.

• Hydrostatic pressureRelated: Water pressure increases down the dam face, shaping its structural design.

• Flood controlRelated: Reservoir operations can store incoming floodwater and release it later.

• ReservoirRelated: Dams create many reservoirs and control how water enters and leaves them.

• HydropowerRelated: Dams create head and regulate flow at many hydropower stations.

• Freshwater biodiversityRelated: Dams transform river flow and connectivity, changing habitats and species distributions.

• Freshwater fishRelated: Dams change flow, fragment habitat, and obstruct fish movement.

• HydrostaticsRelated: Hydrostatic pressure increases with depth and shapes the loads a dam must withstand.

• River engineeringRelated: Dams alter river flow and sediment transport while providing storage or hydropower.

• River basinRelated: Dams alter the timing and movement of water and sediment through a basin.

• Alluvial plainRelated: Dams trap sediment upstream, reducing material available to replenish downstream plains.

• Transboundary riverRelated: A dam in one country can alter river flows and sediment reaching another.

• River regulationRelated: Dams create the physical barrier that stores water and controls downstream releases.

• Run-of-the-river hydroelectricityRelated: Some run-of-the-river projects use low dams, but they usually create far less storage than reservoir schemes.

• Flood pulseRelated: Dams can flatten seasonal discharge variation and interrupt downstream flood pulses.

• GharialRelated: Dams change river flows and divide habitat used by gharials.

• River dolphinRelated: Dams alter habitat and can isolate populations within river systems.

• River ecosystemRelated: Dams alter flow, sediment transport, and organism movement across river systems.

• Flooded grasslands and savannasRelated: Dams can change the timing and extent of downstream inundation.