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No, it doesn't .
According to the definition of Dam Industry, any dam that is greater than 15 meters in height is classified as large dam. Based on this criteria, the number of large dams globally is estimated to be more than 40,000. China with 19,000 large dam is number one followed by the US with 5,500 large dams. The rate of large dam construction at present is much lower than two decades ago in recognition to their social, ecological and maintenance costs.
The construction of the dams upstream of the Indus have affected the growth of the mangrove at the delta by reducing the water level. The dams are also putting in jeopardy the Indus river dolphin.
Mining and dams
dams have certain areas with natural resources to be inaccessible
The answer depends on what you mean by "better", in other words, what your purpose is. The answer also depends on the dam sites and other factors such as construction cost. Lets assume you are talking about dams on a uniform valley, and that we ignore other factors such as construction expense. If the dams are to control erosion, then probably two dams are as good as one. If the dams are to provide a reservoir of drinking water, then its easy to see that one dam holds more water: just think of replacing the downstream small dam with the big dam (whose top is at greater elevation than the top of the upstream small dam) and you can visualize it holds more water than the two small dams.) If the dams are to generate electricity, then loosely speaking, one large dam is equivalent to two small dams. This is true only if the water of the lower dam reaches the base of the upper small dam. Then the equivalent volume of water goes through both the pair of small dams and the large dam, and the sum of the heads of the two small dams equals the head of the large dam, so the generated electricity is the same.
==== ==== the total number of large dams in Africa is 1 272;
By building dams - for example, the construction of the Aswan Dam in the 1960's meant that from 1970 the annual flood was controlled.
Fault lines and land folds influence the construction of dams and tunnels by helping to decide where at in the land and run of the river the structure will be made, and also how strong the structure will need to be.
H. D. Sharma has written: 'Concrete dams' -- subject(s): Concrete dams, Design and construction