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Why don't dams overflow?

Asked by Ltryptophan (12091points) May 9th, 2010

So you put up a dam that has water rushing against it and it just stops, and stays very politely beneath the limit of the dams wall. Am I missing something? Shouldn’t the water just pile up and go over the top?

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