this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Meme aside, this image really bugs me. There's no outlet for the river; very soon the water is going to overflow that dam and that town is fucked.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not to be “that guy” on top of you being “that guy,” but it’s not unheard of to completely redirect a dammed river with a chute spillway. I’m gonna pretend the spillway exits that mountain to the right of what we can see lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And now I've got to be the tertiary guy and point out that if the flow rate into a reservoir is low enough, and the surface area of the lake large enough, evaporation can control the water level. See: aral sea.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I fucking love how nerdy this place is