Ű Back Major Dams and Reservoirs of the World

Name (River or Basin) Location Type*
Year Completed
Height (ft) Length (ft) Reservoir Capacity 
Highest Dams
Rogun (Vakhsh) Tajikistan E
1987
1,066 2,506 3,091
Nurek (Vakhsh) Turkmenistan E
1980
1,040 2,390 2,745
Grande Dixence (Dixence) Switzerland C-G
1962
935 2,280 106
Inguri (Inguri) Russia A
1980
892 2,513 261
Vaiont (Vaiont) Italy A
1961
858 624 -
Tehri (Bhagirathi) India E-R
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856 - 935,271
Guavio (Guavio) Colombia E-R
1989
807 1,280 269
Mica (Columbia) Canada E-R
1974
794 2,600 6,517
Sayano-Shushenskay (Yenisey)a Russia A
1980
794 3,504 8,261
Chicoasén (Grijalva) Mexico E-R
1981
787 1,568 439
Chivor (Bata) Colombia E-R
1977
778 919 215
Mauvoisin (Dranse de Bagnes) Switzerland C-A
1957
777 1,706 48
Oroville (Feather) California E
1968
770 6,920 1,153
Chirkeyskaya (Sulak) Russia A
1975
764 1,109 734
Bhakra (Sutlej) India C-G
1963
742 1,700 2,607
Hoover (Colorado) Arizona  -Nevada C-A-G
1936
726 1,244 9,696
Contra (Verzasca) Switzerland A
1965
722 1,246 23
Mratinje (Piva) Yugoslavia A
1975
722 879 232
Dworshak (Clearwater) Idaho G
1972
717 3,287 1,125
Glen Canyon (Colorado) Arizona C-A-G
1964
710 1,560 8,798
Toktogul (Naryn) Kyrgyzstan A
1977
705 1,476 5,148
Daniel Johnson (Manicougan) Canada C-M
1968
703 4,311 37,473
Luzzone (Brenno de Luzzone) Switzerland C-A
1963
682 1,738 23
Keban (Euphrates) Turkey E-R-G
1974
679 3,881 8,182
Dez, formerly Mohammed-Reza Shah Pahlavi (Dez) Iran C-A
1963
666 696 882
Almendra (Tormes-Duevo) Spain A-G
1970
662 1,860 700
Kölnbrein (Malta) Austria A
1978
656 2,054 53
Karun, formerly Reza Shah Kabir (Karun) Iran A
1975
656 1,247 766
New Bullard's Bar (N. Yuba) California A
1970
637 2,200 557
New Melones (Stanislaus) California E-R
1975
625 1,600 782
Largest Dams
New Cornelia Tailings (Ten Mile Wash) Arizona E
1973
98 35,600 6
Tarbela (Indus) Pakistan E-R
1976
470 9,000 3,617
Fort Peck (Missouri) Montana H
1940
250 21,026 6,234
Lower Usuma (Usuma) Nigeria E
1990
528 14,531 26
Ataturk (Euphrates) Turkey E-R
1990
604 5,971 -
Guri (Caroni) Venezuela E-R-G
1986
531 30,853 36,720
Yacyreta-Apipe (Parana) Argentina        Paraguay E-G
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108 164,000 4,464
Oahe (Missouri) South Dakota E
1963
245 9,300 7,687
Mangla (Jhelum) Pakistan E
1967
380 11,000 1,678
Gardiner (South Saskatchewan) Canada E
1968
223 16,700 2,607
Afsluitdijk (Zuiderzee) Netherlands E
1932
62 10,500 1,585
Rogun Tajikistan E
1987
1,066 2,506 3,091
Oroville California E
1968
770 6,920 1,153
San Luis (San Luis Creek) California E
1967
382 18,600 664
Nurek Turkmenistan E
1980
1,040 2,390 2,745
Garrison (Missouri) North Dakota E
1956
203 11,300 7,925
Oosterschelde (Veerse Gat Oosterschelde) Netherlands E-G
1986
164 29,528 -
Cochiti (Grande) New Mexico E
1975
253 26,891 167
Tabka (Euphrates) Syria E
1975
197 14,764 3,698
Kiev (Dnieper) Ukraine E-G
1964
72 177,448 984
Aswan High (Nile) Egypt E-R
1970
364 12,565 44,642
Bennett (Peace) Canada E
1967
600 6,700 18,575
Tucurui (Tocantins) Brazil E-G
1984
282 13,779 8,982
Mission Trailings #2 (Santa Cruz) Arizona E
1973
128 - 15
Fort Randall (Missouri) South Dakota E
1956
165 10,700 1,858
Kanev (Dnieper) Ukraine E
1974
82 52,950 692
Itumbiara (Paranáiba) Brazil E-G
1980
328 21,981 4,499
Dams with Greatest Reservoirs
Owen Falls (Lake Victoria/Nile) Uganda C-G
1954
100 2,725 54,091
Bratsk (Angara) Russia E-C-G
1964
410 16,864 44,713
Aswan High Egypt E-R
1970
364 12,565 44,642
Kariba Gorge (Zambezi) Zambia  -Zimbabwe C-A
1959
420 2,025 42,361
Akosombo (Volta) Ghana R
1965
463 2,100 39,102
Daniel Johnson Canada C-M
1968
703 4,311 37,473
Guri Venezuela E-R-G
1986
531 30,853 36,720
Krasnoyarsk (Yenisey) Russia C-G
1972
407 3,493 19,364
Bennett Canada E
1967
600 6,700 18,575
Zeyskaya (Zeya) Russia B
1975
369 2,343 18,069

* A-Arch; B-Slab and buttress; C-Concrete; E-Rolled earth fill; G-Gravity; H-Hydraulic earth fill; M-Multiple arch; R-Rockfill; S-Stone masonry

FC-Flood control; I-Irrigation; M-Mining; N-Navigation; P-Power; RP-Recreation purposes; RR-River regulation; WS-Watersupply

UC-Under construction.

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