DAM

SDD (Small dams index) defined as the number of small damos per square root of basin area. See the research article cited in the 'Credits' filed. The index is calculated per each quaternary basin of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.

The Digital Water Atlas started as one of the fast-track activities of the Global Water System Project (GWSP) that were initiated at the first meeting of the Scientific Steering Committee of the GWSP in February 2005. This introduction gives a brief description of the aims of the Digit ...

The Global Reservoir and Dam (GRanD) Database provides the location and main specifications of large global reservoirs and dams with a storage capacity of more than 0.1km³ both in point and polygon format. The current version 1.1 of GRanD contains 6,862 records of reservoirs with a cum ...

Dams, and their associated reservoirs, provide the ability to store water for later use, provide hydropower and provide some level of protection from extreme precipitation events. If designed correctly, dams allow water to be available at times when in its absence it would not be avail ...

AQUASTAT is FAO's global water information system, developed by the Land and Water Division. It is the most quoted source on global water statistics... : http://www.fao.org/NR/WATER/aquastat/main/index.stm