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This is something that causes a dam to fail. It does not necessarily cause destruction of the dam, merely it was a cause of the dam releasing water greater than normally allowed/designed for.Purposeful demolition is also a cause of dam failure, albeit a designed and typically permanent...
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| x Overtopping | South Fork Dam | 1889 |
Overtopping is used to describe when the water a dam is designed to hold back spills over, or through, the dam in an uncontrolled manner. Dams are typically designed to allow for some water spillage, hence are designed with spillways. ...
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| Vodní nádrž Soběnov | 2002 | ||||
| Shakidor Dam | 2005 | ||||
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| x Landslide |
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Seminary Hill Reservoir, Centralia WA |
A landslide (or landslip) is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments. Although the...
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| x Erosion |
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Iowa Beef Processors Waste Lagoon |
Erosion is a gravity driven process that moves solids (sediment, soil, rock and other particles) in the natural environment or their source and deposits them elsewhere. It usually occurs due to transport by wind, water, or ice; by down-slope creep...
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| Lawn Lake Dam | 1982 | ||||
| x Geological Instability | St. Francis Dam | 1928 | |||
| Malpasset | 1959 | ||||
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Baldwin Hills Reservoir | 1963 |
Subsidence is the motion of a surface (usually, the Earth's surface) as it shifts downward relative to a datum such as sea-level. The opposite of subsidence is uplift, which results in an increase in elevation. Ground subsidence is of concern to...
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| x Megatsunami |
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Vajont Dam | 1963 |
Megatsunami, also known as iminami, is an informal term to describe a tsunami that has initial wave heights that are much larger than normal tsunamis. Unlike usual tsunamis, which originate from tectonic activity and the raising or lowering of the...
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| x Water Leakage | Teton Dam | 1976 | |||
| x Soil liquefaction |
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Val Di Stava Dam | Jul 1985 |
Soil liquefaction describes the behavior of soils that, when loaded, suddenly suffer a transition from a solid state to a liquefied state, or having the consistency of a heavy liquid. Liquefaction is more likely to occur in loose to moderately...
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| x Bouncing bomb |
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Möhne Reservoir Dam | May 17, 1943 |
A bouncing bomb is a bomb designed specifically to bounce to a target such as across water to avoid torpedo nets. Unlike skip bombing, which uses conventional bombs as during the March 1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea, the British, Germans, and...
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| Edersee Dam | May 17, 1943 | ||||
| x Tunnel Collapse | Campos Novos Dam | Jun 20, 2006 | |||
