Tag:waterway=dam

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One example for waterway=dam

Description

A wall built across a river or stream to impound the water. A dam normally does not have water flowing over the top of it.

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Can not be attached on nodes Can be attached on ways Can be attached on areas Unknown or not included in the template

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name=*

Status

Approved

A wall built across a river or stream to impound the water. A dam normally does not have water flowing over the top of it.

How to Map

  1. Smaller dams can be drawn as a way Way and tagged with waterway=dam. They will be rendered with a black line.
  2. Bigger dams can be drawn as an area Area and tagged with waterway=dam. They will be rendered with a gray hatching.
1. Dam2.png 2. Dam3.png

The artificial lake created by the water impounded behind the dam wall (commonly called a 'dam' in Australia, just to confuse things) should be tagged as natural=water and water=reservoir.

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