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Plates 12 DAM TROUBLES AND STUDIES
Wave erosion affects part of the wall of a large farm irrigation dam, forming cliffs of earth with a flat terrace below (upper left). Note the terrace Just below water level (upper right). Middle left (as described in Chapter XX) : Inside slumping of a dam wall may start with little cliffs of an inch or so after a full dam has become empty in irrigation. In a fortnight cliffs three feet high develop. Lower right: The "wet" dam at "Yobarnie" which caused all the trouble as described in Chapter XX. |