Kanna Dam

The Kanna Dam (漢那ダム) is a concrete gravity dam on the Kanna River in Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The purpose of the dam is water supply and flood control. After studies were carried out in the 1970s, construction on the dam began in 1982 and it was completed in 1992. The dam is 45 m (148 ft) tall and 185 m (607 ft) long. In order to retain the reservoir, a 37 m (121 ft) tall and 500 m (1,640 ft) long saddle dam was constructed directly northeast of the dam. A fish ladder was installed on the dam during construction to assist the migration of fish, shrimp and crabs. Mangroves downstream of the dam were restored after construction and the area is a tourist destination along with a habitat for water fowl.

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Kanna (era)

Kanna (寛和) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Eikan and before Eien. This period spanned the years from April 985 through April 987. The reigning emperors were En'yu-tennō (円融天皇) and Ichijō-tennō (一条天皇).

Change of era

January 24, 985 Kanna gannen (寛和元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Eikan 3, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 985.

Events of the Kanna era

986 (Kanna 2, 6th month): Kazan abdicated, and took up residence at Kazan-ji where he became a Buddhist monk; and his new priestly name was Nyūkaku.

August 23, 986 (Kanna 2, 16th day of the 7th month): Iyasada-shinnō was appointed as heir and crown prince at age 11. This followed the convention that two imperial lineages took the throne in turn, although Emperor Ichijō was in fact Iyasada's junior. He thus gained the nickname Sakasa-no moke-no kimi (the imperial heir in reverse). When Emperor Kanzan abandoned the world for holy orders, this grandson of Kaneie ascended to the throne as Emperor Ichijō.

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Kanna (given name)

Kanna is an Ultra Masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Kanna, guitarist and vocalist from the rock band Bleach03

Kanna Arihara (born 1993), Japanese pop singer and former member of Cute

Kanna Hashimoto (born 1999), Japanese idol singer

Kanna Mori (born 1988), Japanese fashion model and actress

Kanna Lakshminarayana (born 1955), Indian Politician

Kanna Masuda (born 1989), Japanese team handball player

Kanna Laxminarayana, an Indian politician and Minister for Agriculture and Agriculture Technology Mission in Andhra Pradesh Government

Fictional characters

Kanna (Air), a Feudal era character from Air visual novel

Kanna Bismarch, Hao's follower from Shaman King-->

Kanna (Confidential Confessions), a 2003 character from Confidential Confessions (Forbidden Kiss)-->

Kanna Endō, a character from 20th Century Boys manga and anime-->

Kanna (InuYasha), a ten-year-old girl with white hair and clothing from InuYasha

Kanna Kirishima, a character from the Sakura Wars anime films

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Kanna (film)

Kanna is a 2007 Tamil film starring Raja and Sheela directed by Anand.

Plot

The story is set in Coimbatore. Annapoorani (Sheela) is the daughter of Seetha and Raghunath (Prakashraj) MD of a software company. She has everything in life-Loving family, friends and studies in a convent where she is a 10th standard class student. The school organizes an educational tour to Ooty. Annapoorani takes part in the tour and goes to Ooty with her friends accompanied by her class teacher Ashirvadham (Livingston) and a lady teacher (Sona Nair).

In Ooty they stay in a palace like guest house. Annapoorani Meets Kanna (Raja) who is the group's tour guide also he is a florist. As usual they are at loggerheads, but eventually they get closer to each other and their friendship blossoms into love. Thus leading a twist in the story.

She returns to Coimbatore. Annapoorani finds herself unable to forget Kanna. One day she hears about the trip by her friend to meet her boyfriend and she get inspired by her words. Poorani decides to meet her sweetheart with a gift. She borrows a two-wheeler and starts for ooty on the mid the vehicle breaks down. So she starts her journey by walk. In the meantime, her parents start panicking when they find that she has not returned from school. They start searching for her.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for such activities as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability. Hydropower is often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees (also known as dikes) are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions.

The word dam can be traced back to Middle English, and before that, from Middle Dutch, as seen in the names of many old cities.

History

Ancient dams

Early dam building took place in Mesopotamia and the Middle East. Dams were used to control the water level, for Mesopotamia's weather affected the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and could be quite unpredictable.

The earliest known dam is the Jawa Dam in Jordan, 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of the capital Amman. This gravity dam featured an originally 9-metre-high (30 ft) and 1 m-wide (3.3 ft) stone wall, supported by a 50 m-wide (160 ft) earth rampart. The structure is dated to 3000 BC.

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Damè

Damè is a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Toffo. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population of 11,034.