List of largest dams in the world
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List of largest dams in the world The following table lists the largest dams in the world by volume of structure. Be aware that data on volume of structure is not as easily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume. [1]
Country
Name
Year Structure Height [m]
Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred [3] MLSB
Canada
1995
88
Tarbela Dam
Pakistan
1976
143
Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred [8] SWSS
Canada
2010
40-50
[9]
United States
1940
76.4
[10]
Turkey
1990
Fort Peck Dam
Atatürk Dam
Flevoland Dyke [12]
Guri Dam
[13]
Gardiner Dam
Mangla Dam
[2]
Structure Volume [106 m3] [4]
540
/720
[5][6]
106
[7]
/152
[4]
Reservoir Volume [109 m3]
Type
0.35
TE
13.7
TE/ER
[4]
0.25
TE
96
23
TE
166
84.5
48.7
TE/ER
Netherlands 1968
13
78
Venezuela
1963
162
Canada
1967
Pakistan
119
[4]
[11]
TE/ER
70.3
135
TE/ER
64
65.4
9.4
TE
1967
138
65.4
7.25
TE or TE/ER
0
Oroville Dam
United States
1968
230
59.6
4.36
TE/ER
San Luis Dam (B F Sisk Dam)
United States
1967
93
59.6
2.52
TE
Nurek Dam
Tajikistan
1980
300
54
10.5
TE
Samara Dam (Kuybyshev Reservoir)
Russia
1955
52
54
57.3
TE or ER
Garrison Dam (Lake [9] Sakakawea)
United States
1954
64
50.8
29
TE
Cochiti Dam
United States
1975
76.5
50.2
0.73
TE
Egypt
1970
111
44.3
157
TE/ER
W. A. C. Bennett Dam (Williston Lake)
Canada
1968
186
43.7
7.4
TE
ASARCO Mission Mine Tailings Dam
United States
1973
[16]
ER
Fort Randall Dam (Lake Francis [9] Case)
United States
1953
[14]
Aswan Dam
Afsluitdijk San Roque Dam
Netherlands 1932 Philippines
2003
[15]
30
50.3
[4]
40.1
38.2
[4]
13
36.5
200/210
35
[4]
Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity; CFRD - Concrete face rock fill
0
6.7
TE/ER
5.5
TE/ER
0.835
TE or ER
List of largest dams in the world
References [1] [2] [3] [4]
Talk:List of largest dams in the world#Phantom Dams Talk:List of largest dams in the world#Structure Volume D. Nicol (1994) "The Syncrude Mildred Lake Tailings Dyke Redesign", 18th Int. Congr. Large Dams. Estimate based on height, dimensions from Google Earth and, where available, cross section. Accuracy ±15%
[5] "Tarbela Dam (1977) | Structurae" (http:/ / en. structurae. de/ structures/ data/ index. cfm?id=s0003769) (in (German)). En.structurae.de. . Retrieved 2011-02-16. [6] "Tarbela Dam" (http:/ / www. britannica. com/ EBchecked/ topic/ 583418/ Tarbela-Dam). Encyclopædia Britannica. . Retrieved 2011-07-25. [7] "Power Generation" (http:/ / www. wapda. gov. pk/ htmls/ pgeneration-dam-tarbela. html). WAPDA. . Retrieved 2011-02-16. [8] "Microsoft Word - Baseline Report on Fluid Deposits revE" (http:/ / www. ercb. ca/ docs/ products/ TailingsPlans/ Syncrude_2010_BaselineReport. pdf) (PDF). . Retrieved 2011-02-16. [9] http:/ / `www. nwd-mr. usace. army. mil/ rcc/ projdata/ summaryengdat. pdf [10] http:/ / ipac. kacst. edu. sa/ eDoc/ 2006/ 157250_1. pdf [11] Surrounds sunken land in the middle of a lake [12] Encyclopædia Britannica Online (http:/ / www. britannica. com/ EBchecked/ topic/ 249657/ Guri-Dam). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.. 2011. . Retrieved 2012-06-25. [13] http:/ / www. swa. ca/ Publications/ Documents/ FS-308. pdf [14] "Embankment dams | Structurae" (http:/ / en. structurae. de/ structures/ stype/ index. cfm?id=1073). En.structurae.de. . Retrieved 2011-02-16. [15] Estimate based on structure volume and dimensions from Google Earth [16] Zero reservoir size because full of tailings
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