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diversion dam
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diversion dam [də′vər·zhən ‚dam]
(civil engineering)
A fixed dam for diverting stream water away from its course.


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The Jordanians were in dispute with Syria over water in the 1990s following the latter's creation of diversionary dams on the Yarmuk River.
 
 
 
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