embankment dam

C11365
concept

An embankment dam is a large artificial barrier constructed from compacted earth or rock materials to hold back water and create a reservoir.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
embankment dam canonical 60
rock-fill dam 5
rock-fill embankment dam 4

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: embankment dam
Generated description
An embankment dam is a large artificial barrier constructed from compacted earth or rock materials to hold back water and create a reservoir.

Instances (73)

Instance Via concept surface
Pandoh Dam —
Keepit Dam —
Pong Dam —
New Don Pedro Dam earth-and-rockfill dam
Boca Dam —
Stampede Dam —
Mangla Dam —
Blue Mesa Dam —
Roseires Dam —
Khashm el-Girba Dam —
Palisades Dam —
Sevier Bridge Dam —
Dartmouth Dam rockfill embankment dam
Sadd el-Ali —
Wyangala Dam —
Blowering Dam rockfill embankment dam
Pyramid Dam —
Sutami Dam —
O’Sullivan Dam —
Summersville Dam rock-fill dam
Batman Dam rock-fill embankment dam
Eucumbene Dam rock-fill embankment dam
Haditha Dam —
Talbingo Dam rockfill embankment dam
Falls Lake Dam —
B. Everett Jordan Dam —
San Roque Dam rock-fill dam
Harlan County Dam —
Whiskeytown Dam —
Laguna del Maule Dam —
Granby Dam —
Don Pedro Dam —
Aswan High Dam —
Sanford Dam —
Kachess Dam —
Nurek Dam —
King Talal Dam —
Bumping Lake Dam —
Burrendong Dam rock-fill embankment dam
La Yesca Dam concrete-face rockfill dam
Trinity Dam —
Camp Far West Dam —
Keechelus Dam —
Cle Elum Dam —
Rur Dam —
Deer Creek Dam —
Oroville Dam —
Navajo Dam rock-fill dam
Perris Dam —
Castaic Dam —