List of largest dams
The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. By general definition, a dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams, hence tailings dams are relegated to a separate list. Data on volume of structure is not as easily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.
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 | 1.58 | 1,028.5 | TE |
21 | Guri Dam | ![]() |
1978 | 29.8 | 162 | 135 | 10,235 | PG/ER |
22 | Three Gorges Dam | ![]() |
2008 | 27.4[9] | 181 | 39.3 | 22,500 | PG |
Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity; CFRD - Concrete face rock fill.
List of largest tailings dams[]
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 |
Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity; CFRD - Concrete face rock fill.
See also[]
- List of reservoirs by volume
- List of tallest dams
- List of largest hydroelectric power stations
- List of megaprojects#Dam and hydroelectric projects
References[]
- ^ "Tarbela Dam Project" (PDF). WAPDA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ a b c d http://`www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/projdata/summaryengdat.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2010-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ a b c d e f Estimate based on height, dimensions from Google Earth and, where available, cross section. Accuracy ±15%
- ^ 700 km2 × 3 m
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Embankment dams | Structurae". En.structurae.de. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ "San Roque Dam". NAPOCOR. Archived from the original on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ Wieland, Martin; Ren, Qingwen; Tan, John S. Y. (14 May 2014). New Developments in Dam Engineering. ISBN 9780203020678. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ D. Nicol (1994) "The Syncrude Mildred Lake Tailings Dyke Redesign", 18th Int. Congr. Large Dams.
- ^ "Microsoft Word - Baseline Report on Fluid Deposits revE" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ Estimate based on structure volume and dimensions from Google Earth
- ^ Zero reservoir size because full of tailings
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