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] Pakistan197614315313.74,888TE/ER
2 Fort Peck Dam[2] United States194076.49623185TE
3Atatürk Dam[3] Turkey199016684.548.72,400TE/ER
4Houtribdijk Netherlands19681378[4]2[5]0TE/ER
5Oahe Dam[2] United States19637570.329786TE/ER
6Mangla Dam Pakistan196714765.47.251,000TE or TE/ER
7Gardiner Dam[6] Canada19676465.49.4186TE
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]5.50TE/ER
19Kölnbrein Dam Austria197920035.21.581,028.5TE
20Guri Dam Venezuela197816229.813510,235PG/ER
21Three Gorges Dam China200818127.4[9]39.322,500PG
22 Hirakud Dam  India 1957 60.96 19.2 8.14 347.5 TE/ER
For the Tallest dam in the world, see List of tallest dams. For the largest reservoirs in the world, see List of reservoirs by volume.

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 States197230[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. http://`www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/projdata/summaryengdat.pdf%5B%5D
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2010-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Estimate based on height, dimensions from Google Earth and, where available, cross section. Accuracy ±15%
  5. 700 km2 × 3 m
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  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. 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
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