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.
Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity
Rank | Name | Country | Year completed | Structure volume (106 m3) | Structure height (m) | Reservoir volume (109 m3) | Installed capacity (MW) | Type |
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1 | Tarbela Dam [1] | ![]() | 1976 | 153 | 143 | 13.7 | 4,888 | TE/ER |
2 | Fort Peck Dam [2] | ![]() | 1940 | 96 | 76.4 | 23 | 185 | TE |
3 | Atatürk Dam [3] | ![]() | 1990 | 84.5 | 166 | 48.7 | 2,400 | TE/ER |
4 | Houtribdijk | ![]() | 1968 | 78 [4] | 13 | 2 [5] | 0 | TE/ER |
5 | Oahe Dam [2] | ![]() | 1963 | 70.3 | 75 | 29 | 786 | TE/ER |
6 | Mangla Dam | ![]() | 1967 | 65.4 | 147 | 7.25 | 1,000 | TE or TE/ER |
7 | Gardiner Dam [6] | ![]() | 1967 | 65.4 | 64 | 9.4 | 186 | TE |
8 | Oroville Dam | ![]() | 1968 | 59.6 | 230 | 4.36 | 819 | TE/ER |
9 | San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) | ![]() | 1967 | 59.6 | 93 | 2.52 | 424 | TE |
10 | Nurek Dam | ![]() | 1980 | 54 | 300 | 10.5 | 3,200 | TE |
11 | Samara Dam | ![]() | 1955 | 54 [4] | 52 | 57.3 | 2,315 | TE or ER |
12 | Garrison Dam [2] | ![]() | 1954 | 50.8 | 64 | 29 | 583.3 | TE |
13 | Cochiti Dam | ![]() | 1975 | 50.2 | 76.5 | 0.73 | NA | TE |
14 | Aswan Dam [7] | ![]() | 1970 | 44.3 | 111 | 169 | 2,100 | TE/ER |
15 | W. A. C. Bennett Dam | ![]() | 1968 | 43.7 | 186 | 7.4 | 2,876 | TE |
16 | San Roque Dam | ![]() | 2003 | 40 [8] | 200 | 0.835 | 345 | TE or ER |
17 | Fort Randall Dam [2] | ![]() | 1953 | 38.2 | 50.3 | 6.7 | 320 | TE/ER |
18 | Afsluitdijk | ![]() | 1932 | 36.5 [4] | 13 | 5.5 | 0 | TE/ER |
19 | Kölnbrein Dam | ![]() | 1979 | 35.2 | 200 | 0.2 | 1,028.5 | TE |
20 | Guri Dam | ![]() | 1978 | 29.8 | 162 | 135 | 10,235 | PG/ER |
21 | Three Gorges Dam | ![]() | 2008 | 27.4 [9] | 181 | 39.3 | 22,500 | PG |
22 | Indira Sagar Dam | ![]() | 2005 | 12.2 | 92 | 9.75 | 1,000 | PG |
Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity; CFRD - Concrete face rock fill.
Rank | Name | Country | Year completed | Structure volume [106 m3] | Structure height [m] | Reservoir volume [109 m3] | Installed capacity [MW] | Type |
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1 | Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred MLSB [10] | ![]() | 1995 | 540 [4] /720 | 88 | 0.35 | NA | TE |
2 | Syncrude Tailings Dam#South West Sand Storage (SWSS) [11] | ![]() | 2010 | 119 [4] | 40-50 | 0.25 [4] | NA | TE |
3 | ASARCO Mission Mine Tailings Dam | ![]() | 1972 | 40.1 | 30 [12] | 0 [13] | NA | ER |
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