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Q: What is building a dam or levy to control flooding?
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What is regulated as a result of dam building?

flooding


What did the ancient civilization build to control flooding?

A dam


How can a dam prevent flooding?

control water flow


How much does the Nile rise when it floods?

With the building of the Aswan Dam there is no flooding.


What are the three gorges dam project is China's attempt to?

To control flooding.


Dam built on nile river to control its flooding?

Aswan High Dam


What is so special about the Three Gorges dam?

It helps control the flooding that occurs.


How did the Chinese try to control the dangerous flooding along the the rivers of china?

today china is working to construct a dam on the Chang Jing in one of the world largest construction projects.The three gorges dam is to control flooding and to save lives


How did Chinese try to control the dangerous flooding along the rivers of of china?

today china is working to construct a dam on the Chang Jing in one of the world largest construction projects.The three gorges dam is to control flooding and to save lives


Why leeves can increase the destruction caused by flooding?

They increase the flooding because leaves are meant to hold water back. For example think of the Hoover Dam which is almost like a levy. Behind it is a huge lake. If the dam wasn't there the water would be no where near the height that it's currently at. If the Hoover Dam broke it would cause flooding for hundreds of miles. This is why levees increase the destruction caused by flooding. There is more water then what there would be if the levee wasn't there..


Why is flooding in Egypt a problem?

It is not a problem since it is controlled by the building of the Aswan High Dam completed in 1970.


What is responsible for Egypt having very fertile soil?

The annual flooding of the Nile, until the building of the Aswan Dam …