By height | |||||
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name | type1 | date of completion | river | country | height (metres) |
1Key: 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). | |||||
Nurek | E | 1980 | Vakhsh | Tajikistan | 300 |
Grande Dixence | G | 1961 | Dixence | Switzerland | 285 |
Inguri | A | 1980 | Inguri | Georgia | 272 |
Vaiont2 | A | 1961 | Vaiont | Italy | 262 |
Chicoasen | ER | 1980 | Grijalva | Mexico | 261 |
Tehri | ER | 20023 | Bhagirathi | India | 261 |
Mauvoisin | A | 1957 | Drance de Bagnes | Switzerland | 250 |
Guavio | ER | 1989 | Guavio | Colombia | 246 |
Sayano-Shushenskoye | AG | 1989 | Yenisey | Russia | 245 |
Mica | ER | 1973 | Columbia | Canada | 242 |
Ertan | A | 1999 | Yalong (Ya-lung) | China | 240 |
Chivor | ER | 1957 | Batá | Colombia | 237 |
By volume | |||||
name | type1 | date of completion | river | country | volume (000 cubic metres) |
Syncrude Tailings | E | N/A | 4 | Canada | 750,000 |
New Cornelia Tailings | E | 1973 | Ten Mile Wash | U.S. | 209,500 |
Tarbela | ER | 1977 | Indus | Pakistan | 106,000 |
Fort Peck | E | 1937 | Missouri | U.S. | 96,050 |
Lower Usuma | E | 1990 | Usuma | Nigeria | 93,000 |
Tucurui | EGR | 1984 | Tocantins | Brazil | 85,200 |
Ataturk | ER | 1990 | Euphrates | Turkey | 84,500 |
Guri (Raúl Leoni) | EGR | 1986 | Caronà | Venezuela | 77,971 |
Oahe | E | 1958 | Missouri | U.S. | 66,517 |
Gardiner | E | 1968 | Saskatchewan | Canada | 65,400 |
Mangla | E | 1967 | Jhelum | Pakistan | 65,379 |
Afsluitdijk | E | 1932 | IJsselmeer | Netherlands | 63,430 |
By size of reservoir | |||||
name | type1 | date of completion | river | country | reservoir capacity (000 cubic metres) |
Owen Falls | G | 1954 | Victoria Nile | Uganda | 2,700,000,0005 |
Kakhovka | EG | 1955 | Dnieper | Ukraine | 182,000,000 |
Kariba | A | 1959 | Zambezi | Zimbabwe-Zambia | 180,600,000 |
Bratsk | EG | 1964 | Angara | Russia | 169,270,000 |
Aswan High | ER | 1970 | Nile | Egypt | 168,900,000 |
Akosombo | ER | 1965 | Volta | Ghana | 153,000,000 |
Daniel Johnson | M | 1968 | Manicouagan | Canada | 141,852,000 |
Guri (Raúl Leoni) | EGR | 1986 | Caronà | Venezuela | 138,000,000 |
Krasnoyarsk | G | 1967 | Yenisey | Russia | 73,300,000 |
W.A.C. Bennett | E | 1967 | Peace | Canada | 70,309,000 |
Zeya | B | 1978 | Zeya | Russia | 68,400,000 |
Cahora Bassa | A | 1974 | Zambezi | Mozambique | 63,000,000 |
By power capacity | |||||
name | type1 | date of completion | river | country | installed capacity(megawatts) |
Itaipú | EGR | 1982 | Paraná | Brazil-Paraguay | 12,600 |
Guri (Raúl Leoni) | EGR | 1986 | Caronà | Venezuela | 10,300 |
Grand Coulee | G | 1941 | Columbia | U.S. | 6,480 |
Sayano-Shushenskoye | AG | 1989 | Yenisey | Russia | 6,400 |
Krasnoyarsk | G | 1967 | Yenisey | Russia | 6,000 |
Churchill Falls | E | 1971 | Churchill | Canada | 5,428 |
La Grande 2 | R | 1978 | La Grande | Canada | 5,328 |
Bratsk | EG | 1964 | Angara | Russia | 4,500 |
Ust-Ilim | R | 1977 | Angara | Russia | 4,320 |
Tucurui | EGR | 1984 | Tocantins | Brazil | 4,200 |
Ilha Solteira | 1973 | Paraná | Brazil | 3,200 | |
Tarbela | ER | 1977 | Indus | Pakistan | 3,478 |
By height | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
name | type1 | date of completion | river | country | height (metres) |
1Key: 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). | |||||
Nurek | E | 1980 | Vakhsh | Tajikistan | 300 |
Grande Dixence | G | 1961 | Dixence | Switzerland | 285 |
Inguri | A | 1980 | Inguri | Georgia | 272 |
Vaiont2 | A | 1961 | Vaiont | Italy | 262 |
Chicoasen | ER | 1980 | Grijalva | Mexico | 261 |
Tehri | ER | 20023 | Bhagirathi | India | 261 |
Mauvoisin | A | 1957 | Drance de Bagnes | Switzerland | 250 |
Guavio | ER | 1989 | Guavio | Colombia | 246 |
Sayano-Shushenskoye | AG | 1989 | Yenisey | Russia | 245 |
Mica | ER | 1973 | Columbia | Canada | 242 |
Ertan | A | 1999 | Yalong (Ya-lung) | China | 240 |
Chivor | ER | 1957 | Batá | Colombia | 237 |
By volume | |||||
name | type1 | date of completion | river | country | volume (000 cubic metres) |
Syncrude Tailings | E | N/A | 4 | Canada | 750,000 |
New Cornelia Tailings | E | 1973 | Ten Mile Wash | U.S. | 209,500 |
Tarbela | ER | 1977 | Indus | Pakistan | 106,000 |
Fort Peck | E | 1937 | Missouri | U.S. | 96,050 |
Lower Usuma | E | 1990 | Usuma | Nigeria | 93,000 |
Tucurui | EGR | 1984 | Tocantins | Brazil | 85,200 |
Ataturk | ER | 1990 | Euphrates | Turkey | 84,500 |
Guri (Raúl Leoni) | EGR | 1986 | Caronà | Venezuela | 77,971 |
Oahe | E | 1958 | Missouri | U.S. | 66,517 |
Gardiner | E | 1968 | Saskatchewan | Canada | 65,400 |
Mangla | E | 1967 | Jhelum | Pakistan | 65,379 |
Afsluitdijk | E | 1932 | IJsselmeer | Netherlands | 63,430 |
By size of reservoir | |||||
name | type1 | date of completion | river | country | reservoir capacity (000 cubic metres) |
Owen Falls | G | 1954 | Victoria Nile | Uganda | 2,700,000,0005 |
Kakhovka | EG | 1955 | Dnieper | Ukraine | 182,000,000 |
Kariba | A | 1959 | Zambezi | Zimbabwe-Zambia | 180,600,000 |
Bratsk | EG | 1964 | Angara | Russia | 169,270,000 |
Aswan High | ER | 1970 | Nile | Egypt | 168,900,000 |
Akosombo | ER | 1965 | Volta | Ghana | 153,000,000 |
Daniel Johnson | M | 1968 | Manicouagan | Canada | 141,852,000 |
Guri (Raúl Leoni) | EGR | 1986 | Caronà | Venezuela | 138,000,000 |
Krasnoyarsk | G | 1967 | Yenisey | Russia | 73,300,000 |
W.A.C. Bennett | E | 1967 | Peace | Canada | 70,309,000 |
Zeya | B | 1978 | Zeya | Russia | 68,400,000 |
Cahora Bassa | A | 1974 | Zambezi | Mozambique | 63,000,000 |
By power capacity | |||||
name | type1 | date of completion | river | country | installed capacity(megawatts) |
Itaipú | EGR | 1982 | Paraná | Brazil-Paraguay | 12,600 |
Guri (Raúl Leoni) | EGR | 1986 | Caronà | Venezuela | 10,300 |
Grand Coulee | G | 1941 | Columbia | U.S. | 6,480 |
Sayano-Shushenskoye | AG | 1989 | Yenisey | Russia | 6,400 |
Krasnoyarsk | G | 1967 | Yenisey | Russia | 6,000 |
Churchill Falls | E | 1971 | Churchill | Canada | 5,428 |
La Grande 2 | R | 1978 | La Grande | Canada | 5,328 |
Bratsk | EG | 1964 | Angara | Russia | 4,500 |
Ust-Ilim | R | 1977 | Angara | Russia | 4,320 |
Tucurui | EGR | 1984 | Tocantins | Brazil | 4,200 |
Ilha Solteira | 1973 | Paraná | Brazil | 3,200 | |
Tarbela | ER | 1977 | Indus | Pakistan | 3,478 |