List of largest dams

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The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. A dam is generally defined as a barrier that impounds water or underground flows, so tailings dams are relegated to a separate list. Data on volume of structure is not as readily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.

Contents

Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity

RankNameCountryYear
completed
Structure
volume
(106 m3)
Structure
height
(m)
Reservoir
volume
(109 m3)
Installed
capacity
(MW)
Type
1 Tarbela Dam [1] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 197615314313.74,888TE/ER
2 Fort Peck Dam [2] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 19409676.423185TE
3 Atatürk Dam [3] Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 199084.516648.72,400TE/ER
4 Houtribdijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 196878 [4] 132 [5] 0TE/ER
5 Oahe Dam [2] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 196370.37529786TE/ER
6 Mangla Dam Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 196765.41477.251,000TE or TE/ER
7 Gardiner Dam [6] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 196765.4649.4186TE
8 Oroville Dam Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 196859.62304.36819TE/ER
9 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 196759.6932.52424TE
10 Nurek Dam Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 19805430010.53,200TE
11 Samara Dam Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 195554 [4] 5257.32,315TE or ER
12 Garrison Dam [2] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 195450.86429583.3TE
13 Cochiti Dam Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 197550.276.50.73NATE
14 Aswan Dam [7] Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 197044.31111692,100TE/ER
15 W. A. C. Bennett Dam Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 196843.71867.42,876TE
16 San Roque Dam Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 200340 [8] 2000.835345TE or ER
17 Fort Randall Dam [2] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 195338.250.36.7320TE/ER
18 Afsluitdijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 193236.5 [4] 135.50TE/ER
19 Kölnbrein Dam Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 197935.22000.21,028.5TE
20 Guri Dam Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 197829.816213510,235PG/ER
21 Three Gorges Dam Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 200827.4 [9] 18139.322,500PG
22 Indira Sagar Dam Flag of India.svg  India 200512.2929.751,000PG

List of largest tailings dams

Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity; CFRD - Concrete face rock fill.

RankNameCountryYear completedStructure volume [106 m3]Structure height [m]Reservoir volume [109 m3]Installed capacity [MW]Type
1 Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred MLSB [10] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1995540 [4] /720880.35NATE
2 Syncrude Tailings Dam#South West Sand Storage (SWSS) [11] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2010119 [4] 40-500.25 [4] NATE
3 ASARCO Mission Mine Tailings DamFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 197240.130 [12] 0 [13] NAER

See also

References

  1. "Tarbela Dam Project" (PDF). WAPDA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2010-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Estimate based on height, dimensions from Google Earth and, where available, cross section. Accuracy ±15%
  5. 700 km2 × 3 m
  6. "South Saskatchewan River Project|Fact Sheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  7. "Embankment dams | Structurae". En.structurae.de. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  8. "San Roque Dam". NAPOCOR. Archived from the original on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  9. Wieland, Martin; Ren, Qingwen; Tan, John S. Y. (14 May 2014). New Developments in Dam Engineering. CRC Press. ISBN   9780203020678 . Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  10. D. Nicol (1994) "The Syncrude Mildred Lake Tailings Dyke Redesign", 18th Int. Congr. Large Dams.
  11. "Microsoft Word - Baseline Report on Fluid Deposits revE" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  12. Estimate based on structure volume and dimensions from Google Earth
  13. Zero reservoir size because full of tailings