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• The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed. Right and left abutments are those on respective sides of an observer looking downstream.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Abutment. (n.d.). National Weather Service Glossary. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/abutment.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Abutment. www.weather.gov. National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/abutment (accessed: June 9, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Abutment." National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. 9 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/abutment.

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