Examples of using "плотины" in a sentence and their english translations:
I live near the levee.
There used to be a village here before the dam was made.
The river rose above the level of the dam.
People build houses, dams, bridges, ships and so on.
99% of Norway's electricity comes from hydropower which is like dams.
The conservationist is against the building of a tidal barrage across the Severn estuary.