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***** (***** | *****)Taking into consideration that global warming will increase water scarcity in arid and semiarid regions the construction of dams and reservoirs will become an important adaptation strategy.
A dam is a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply.[1]
References and further information
- ↑ Oxford Dictionaries, 2007
ICOLD (2007): Dams and the World’s Water’ by the International Commission on Large Dams.
World Commission on Dams, WCD (2000): Dams and development. A new framework.
