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Dampier Salt
Dampier Salt is an Australian solar salt producer, majority owned by Rio Tinto, harvesting salt from seawater at Dampier and Port Hedland in Western Australia.
Dampier Seawater Desalination Plant
The Dampier Seawater Desalination Plant is a reverse-osmosis desalination plant under construction at Dampier in Western Australia's Pilbara, set to deliver 8 gigalitres of water a year to the West Pilbara Water Supply Scheme.
Dampier Strait
Dampier Strait, also Selat Dampier, names two straits charted by William Dampier in 1700: one between Waigeo and Batanta in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, a strong-current diving hotspot within a 353,385-hectare marine protected area, and one between New Britain and New Guinea, Papua New Guinea.
Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline
The Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) is Australia's longest gas pipeline, a 1,600-kilometer Western Australian line built between 1982 and 1985 carrying North West Shelf gas to Bunbury.
Dampierre nuclear power plant
Dampierre nuclear power plant (Centrale nucléaire de Dampierre-en-Burly) is a French plant of four 900 MWe reactors on the Loire near Orléans, run by EDF since 1980.
Damping
Damping, also called dampening, is the dissipation of energy from an oscillating system, typically through friction or viscosity, so that the amplitude decreases over time.
Damping control
Damping control is a robot interaction-control strategy in which the damping component of reaction force is adjusted online, trading off accuracy, stability, safety, and energy use.
Damping off
Damping off: soil-borne disease killing germinating seeds and seedlings, caused by Pythium, Rhizoctonia, Phytophthora, and Fusarium; managed by sanitation, pasteurized media, and water control.
Damping ratio
The damping ratio (ζ) is a dimensionless measure of energy dissipation in second-order systems: below 1 oscillates, at 1 is critically damped, above 1 is overdamped.
Damri
Damri, formally Perusahaan Umum DAMRI, is Indonesia's state-owned land transport company. Founded on 25 November 1946, it runs intercity buses, airport shuttles, logistics, and remote pioneer routes.
Damrong Rajanubhab
Damrong Rajanubhab, born Prince Diswarakumar, was a Siamese prince and historian, Minister of the Interior from 1892 to 1915, who rebuilt Siam's provincial government and is called the father of Thai history.
Dams and Development
Dams and Development is the 2000 final report of the World Commission on Dams, reviewing large dams' costs and benefits and proposing a framework of five values, seven priorities, and 26 guidelines.
Dams and reservoirs of Iran
The dams and reservoirs of Iran are a network of more than 100 large dams, mostly built since the 1950s, storing water for irrigation, drinking supply, and hydropower.
Dams and reservoirs of Turkey
The dams and reservoirs of Turkey are about 992 state-built dams and 709 ponds storing 182.79 billion cubic meters of water, supplying about a quarter of national electricity capacity.
Dams in Asia
Dams in Asia are the barriers, reservoirs, and hydropower stations built across the continent's rivers; Asia holds 9,526 dams, 27 percent of the world total, and half its hydropower capacity.
Dams in China
Dams in China are the reservoirs and hydropower works on the country's rivers, the largest system in the world, led by the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze.
Dams in Kyūshū and Okinawa
Dams in Kyūshū and Okinawa are the dams of Japan's Kyūshū island and Okinawa, built for flood control and stable water supplies, with Tsuruda Dam the flagship.
Dams in the Chūgoku region
Dams in the Chūgoku region are the major dams of western Honshu, Japan, built for flood control, water supply, and hydropower; the tallest is the 103 m Shin-Nariwagawa Dam.
Dams in the Kansai region
Dams in the Kansai region are the major dams of Japan's Kansai prefectures, including Amagase, Kawakami, and Miyagawa, which provide flood control, water supply to 14 million people, and hydropower.
Dams in the Kantō region
The dams in the Kantō region, concentrated on the Tone and Ara rivers, provide flood control, water supply, and hydropower for the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Dams in the Tōhoku region
The dams in the Tōhoku region of Japan form a dense network of large multipurpose dams, centered on the Kitakami River basin, built for flood control, hydropower, and water supply.
Dams of al-Andalus
The dams of al-Andalus, called al-súdd in Arabic (the source of Spanish azud), were barriers built in Islamic Iberia to divert or store river water for irrigation.
Dams of Turkey by province and river basin
Dams of Turkey by province and river basin is an overview of Turkey's dams, 992 storing 182.79 billion cubic meters across 25 river basins and its provinces.
Damsel (2018 film)
Damsel (2018) is a comedy Western by David and Nathan Zellner, starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska, premiered at Sundance 2018 and in Berlinale competition, released by Magnolia Pictures; distinct from the unrelated 2024 Netflix film of the same name.
Damsel (2024 film)
Damsel is a 2024 Netflix dark fantasy film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, starring Millie Bobby Brown as Elodie, a princess sacrificed to a dragon who must save herself; Netflix's most-watched film of 2024.
Damsel in distress
Damsel in distress: a stock character and narrative trope of a young woman in danger rescued by a male hero, from Andromeda and medieval romance to King Kong, Super Mario, and Zelda, and a long-standing target of feminist media criticism.
Damselfly
Damselfly: an insect of the order Odonata, the slender-bodied group alongside dragonflies. Key facts: 143 European odonate species, 16 European endemics, migration in Coenagrionidae and Lestidae, 325-million-year lineage, 2025 IUCN reassessment.
Damson
The damson, also called the Damascene plum (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia), is a small tart blue plum grown chiefly for jam and preserving, especially in Britain.
Damson Idris
Damson Idris (Adamson Alade-Bo Idris, born 1991) is a British-Nigerian actor, the breakout Franklin Saint of FX's Snowfall (2017–2023) and co-star of F1 The Movie (2025), later an F1 Global Brand Ambassador.
Damu Naik
Damodar "Damu" Naik, born 1971 in Margao, Goa, is an Indian BJP politician who is president of the party's Goa unit and a former two-time MLA from Fatorda.