Measures to control flooding include artifical levees, flood control dams, and placing limits on floodplain development.....:-)
some raw backs of building Flood-Control Dams are it is EXTREMELY expensive, and takes many months to years to build. It also disrupts a river system.
Yes, it did until several dams were built to control it.
yes, dams can flood lands .
The three gorges dams.
Hydroelectric power and water reservoirs as well as flood control.
Flood control, hydroelectric power generation, municipal reservoirs and recreation.
Yes it can
Flood control
Dams erase beautiful stretches of river people may enjoy for fly fishing or other activities. Dams also make it more difficult for fish to migrate to their spawning grounds up river. These losses must be balanced against the benefits dams provide--water for irrigation, flood control, other recreational activities, and electricity.
Floods can be controlled through forest and soil conservation and by building structures such as levees and dams
flood control dams and channels prevent flooding.