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Meaning of "was dammed"

was dammed ~ It refers to the act of constructing a dam across a river or watercourse to block the flow of water and create a reservoir. This phrase is commonly used in the context of water resource management, hydroelectric power generation, and flood control.

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The river was dammed with the advent of industry.
This all changed when their river was dammed.
It was dammed and used for draining the surrounding polders.
In waterproofness tests a column of water was dammed on the roofing sheets.
It was dammed at the source.
No one would see that the whole world was dammed.
The lava was dammed by the ice and made a cliff with a waterfall up against it.
In the early sixties the Syr Darya was dammed up.
It was dammed up ca.
The Yaqui people 's health problems began when their river was dammed.
The lake was dammed and its size was increased to improve the ice harvesting.
During the 18th century, the stream was dammed at several points to power more mills.
Here was dammed part water after the recent rains in May.
Thus the " Hammerweiher " was dammed up at Steinbrücken.
The lake was dammed and served as a reservoir for the old Husvik whaling station.

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From the 1st of January, the market in Wuhan is was dammed.
Part of the nearby earthworks was dammed and filled with water for defensive purposes.
It was created in the early 1990s when the brook of the same name was dammed.
The canal was dammed off from the river for most of the construction period.
The water comes from a local river that was dammed 127 years ago.
The river Glaven was dammed and a large mill pond stands directly behind the mill.
The lake is a reservoir created when the Salagou River was dammed in the 1960s.
The Shoshone River was dammed for hydroelectric power and irrigation.
The Shiawassee River in the community was dammed in the early 1900s for power.
Echo Lake was dammed by a lateral moraine of the glacier that formed Chicago Canyon.
In the 1960s the flow of the Miño was dammed to create the Belesar Reservoir.
The lake was dammed up in 1953 to provide water for the Aura power station.
Historically, the river was dammed to provide reservoirs for the town.
The Esopus was dammed in 1913 and started sending water to the city two years later.
The stream in Pukekura Park was dammed to form a lake, which was used for swimming.
The lake was dammed to serve the Lesja Iron Works in the 1660s.
Then the river was dammed to make that lake by our ancient enemy, the beaver.
The Ibra was dammed up here to form a 10 ha lake.
The Elwha River was dammed in 1910 with construction of the Elwha Dam.

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