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However, it is important to note that the authors do not identify this feature as a reservoir, or attribute it with any water retaining “function.”
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Crest length ≥ 500 m, maximum flood discharge ≥ 2,000 m 3 s −1, “especially difficult foundation problems" or “unusual design" (ICOLD World Register of Dams 1998).
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Bauer, A.M., Morrison, K.D. (2008). Water Management and Reservoirs in India and Sri Lanka. In: Selin, H. (eds) Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4425-0_8843
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