- World's largest dams
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▪ TableWorld's largest damsBy heightname type1 date ofcompletion river country height (m)Nurek E 1980 Vakhsh Tajikistan 300Grande Dixence G 1961 Dixence Switzerland 285Inguri A 1980 Inguri Georgia 272Vaiont2 A 1961 Vaiont Italy 262Chicoasen ER 1980 Grijalva Mexico 261Tehri ER 20023 Bhagirathi India 261Mauvoisin A 1957 Drance de Bagnes Switzerland 250Guavio ER 1989 Guavio Colombia 246Sayano-Shushenskoye AG 1989 Yenisey Russia 245Mica ER 1973 Columbia Canada 242Ertan A 1999 Yalong (Ya-lung) China 240Chivor ER 1957 Batá Colombia 237By volumename type1 date ofcompletion river country volume(000 cubic m)Syncrude Tailings E N/A —4 Canada 750,000New Cornelia Tailings E 1973 Ten Mile Wash U.S. 209,500Tarbela ER 1977 Indus Pakistan 106,000Fort Peck E 1937 Missouri U.S. 96,050Lower Usuma E 1990 Usuma Nigeria 93,000Tucurui EGR 1984 Tocantins Brazil 85,200Ataturk ER 1990 Euphrates Turkey 84,500Guri (Raúl Leoni) EGR 1986 Caroní Venezuela 77,971Oahe E 1958 Missouri U.S. 66,517Gardiner E 1968 Saskatchewan Canada 65,400Mangla E 1967 Jhelum Pakistan 65,379Afsluitdijk E 1932 IJsselmeer Netherlands 63,430By size of reservoirname type1 date ofcompletion river country reservoir capacity(000 cubic m)Owen Falls G 1954 Victoria Nile Uganda 2,700,000,0005Kakhovka EG 1955 Dnieper Ukraine 182,000,000Kariba A 1959 Zambezi Zimbabwe-Zambia 180,600,000Bratsk EG 1964 Angara Russia 169,270,000Aswan High ER 1970 Nile Egypt 168,900,000Akosombo ER 1965 Volta Ghana 153,000,000Daniel Johnson M 1968 Manicouagan Canada 141,852,000Guri (Raúl Leoni) EGR 1986 Caroní Venezuela 138,000,000Krasnoyarsk G 1967 Yenisey Russia 73,300,000W.A.C. Bennett E 1967 Peace Canada 70,309,000Zeya B 1978 Zeya Russia 68,400,000Cahora Bassa A 1974 Zambezi Mozambique 63,000,000By power capacityname type1 date ofcompletion river country installed capacity(megawatts)Itaipú EGR 1982 Paraná Brazil-Paraguay 12,600Guri (Raúl Leoni) EGR 1986 Caroní Venezuela 10,300Grand Coulee G 1941 Columbia U.S. 6,480Sayano-Shushenskoye AG 1989 Yenisey Russia 6,400Krasnoyarsk G 1967 Yenisey Russia 6,000Churchill Falls E 1971 Churchill Canada 5,428La Grande 2 R 1978 La Grande Canada 5,328Bratsk EG 1964 Angara Russia 4,500Ust-Ilim R 1977 Angara Russia 4,320Tucurui EGR 1984 Tocantins Brazil 4,200Ilha Solteira ... 1973 Paraná Brazil 3,200Tarbela ER 1977 Indus Pakistan 3,4781Key: A, arch; B, buttress; E, earth fill; G, gravity; M, multi-arch; R, rock fill.2Vaiont Dam was the scene of a massive landslide and flood in 1963 and no longer operates.3Diversion tunnels closed and reservoir filling begun December 2002.4Impounds settling reservoir for fine tailings in oil sands operation near Fort McMurray, Alberta.5Most of this reservoir is a natural lake.Source: International Water Power and Dam Construction Yearbook (1996).See as table:
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