Dam

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007264",
  "term": "Dam",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Mother or female parent in a pedigree, normally applies to cattle.\n\n2. Any barrier which impounds or diverts water.\n\n3. Barrier built across a watercourse to impound or divert water. A barrier that obstructs, directs, retards, or stores the flow of water. Usually built across a stream. A structure built to hold back a flow of water.\n\n4. An obstruction across a flow that produces a lake, pond, or other widening.\n\n5. Water barrier or embankment built across the course of a stream or into a body of water to control and (or) impound the flow of water.\n\n6. An artificial barrier that has the ability to impound water, wastewater, or any liquid-borne material, for the purpose of storage or control of water.",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "Ag 101 Glossary of American Agriculture",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "DOI Bureau of Reclamation Managing Water in the West Glossary",
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012",
    "USGS Geographic Names Information System",
    "FEMA Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/dam/"
}