Stuwdam (English: “Dam / weir”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Primitive irrigation dams; mostly not resistant to heavy bandjirs (floods); water tapped exclusively from small rivers which carry little water in dry season.

Translation

Dam / weir

Description

Primitive irrigation dams; mostly not resistant to heavy bandjirs (floods); water tapped exclusively from small rivers which carry little water in dry season.

Significance

The term Stuwdam is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.

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Source

Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. —.