Damm

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Representation and status

Color CMYK
(4%,0%,0%,12%)
Color RGB
R: 215 G: 225 B: 225
Rank
unconsolidated deposit
Validity
Unit is in Use
Status
informal term

Nomenclature

Deutsch
Damm
Français
Digue
Italiano
Diga (pl. dighe)
English
Embankment
Historical Variants

Damm = digue = digua [sic] = embankment (BWG 2003: C1), dighe

Palaenography and tectonic

Tectonic unit (resp. main category)
Kind of protolith
  • anthropogenous
Metamorphism
non metamorphic
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