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.
See Also
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. —.