beaver dam

noun

: a dam built by beavers

There's a beaver dam in the stream behind my house.

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Recent Examples on the Web

Six months into the project, a downpour washed away a beaver dam that had created the swampy pond. —Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2025

Maine environmental officials pinned an April 2023 train derailment that hospitalized three people and spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel on a beaver dam Wednesday. —James Powel, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest is home to a new beaver dam after being installed by the natural areas team and a group of engineers Wednesday. —Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2024

Tribal members and partners have spent years preparing the area, building beaver dam analogues to create conditions conducive to their return, McDarment said. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024

The Nature Conservancy and Google plan to run the model across the state sometime in 2024, a comprehensive search for every last beaver dam and pond. —Ben Goldfarb, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2023

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