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. Be aware that data on volume of structure is not as easily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.

RankNameCountryYear completedStructure height [m]Structure volume [106 m3]Reservoir volume [109 m3]Installed capacity [MW]Type
1Tarbela Dam[1] Pakistan197614315313.73,478TE/ER
2Fort Peck Dam[2] United States194076.49623185TE
3Atatürk Dam[3] Turkey199016684.548.72,400TE/ER
4Houtribdijk Netherlands19681378[4]0 [5]NATE/ER
5Oahe Dam[2] United States19637570.329786TE/ER
6Gardiner Dam[6] Canada19676465.49.4186TE
7Mangla Dam Pakistan196714765.47.251,000TE or TE/ER
8Oroville Dam United States196823059.64.36819TE/ER
9San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) United States19679359.62.52424TE
10Nurek Dam Tajikistan19803005410.53,200TE
11Samara Dam Russia19555254[4]57.32,315TE or ER
12Garrison Dam[2] United States19546450.829NATE
13Cochiti Dam United States197576.550.20.73NATE
14Aswan Dam[7] Egypt197011144.31692,100TE/ER
15W. A. C. Bennett Dam Canada196818643.77.42,876TE
16San Roque Dam Philippines200320040[8]0.835345TE or ER
17Fort Randall Dam[2] United States195350.338.26.7320TE/ER
18Afsluitdijk Netherlands19321336.5[4]5.5NATE/ER
19Kölnbrein Dam Austria197920035.21.581,028.5TE
20Guri Dam Venezuela197816229.813510,235PG/ER
21Three Gorges Dam China200818127.4[9]39.322,500PG

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

List of largest tailings dams

RankNameCountryYear completedStructure height [m]Structure volume [106 m3]Reservoir volume [109 m3]Installed capacity [MW]Type
1Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred MLSB[10] Canada199588540[4]/7200.35NATE
2Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred SWSS[11] Canada201040-50119[4]0.25[4]NATE
3ASARCO Mission Mine Tailings Dam United States197330[12]40.10 [13]NAER

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

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 http://`www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/projdata/summaryengdat.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Estimate based on height, dimensions from Google Earth and, where available, cross section. Accuracy ±15%
  5. ↑ Surrounds sunken land in the middle of a lake
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (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. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  9. ↑ "New Developments in Dam Engineering". 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
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