Rockfill Dam
Water
An embankment dam in which more than 50 percent of the total volume is comprised of compacted or dumped cobbles, boulders, rock fragments, or quarried rock generally larger than 3-inch size. The rock provides structural integrity for the dam around an impervious core.
See "Embankment Dam".
- — Dam Safety - Glossary of Terms retrieved 2014-06-01
An embankment dam of earth or rock in which the material is placed in layers and compacted by using rollers or rolling equipment. Same as Rolled Filled Dam.
- — Service Hydrologist Reference Manual Glossary of Hydrologic Terms retrieved 2014-06-01
Weather
In hydrologic terms, an embankment dam of earth or rock in which the material is placed in layers and compacted by using rollers or rolling equipment.