List of largest dams

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The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. A dam is generally defined as a barrier that impounds water or underground flows, so tailings dams are relegated to a separate list. Data on volume of structure is not as readily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.

Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity

Rank Name Country Year
completed 		Structure
volume
(106 m3) 		Structure
height
(m) 		Reservoir
volume
(109 m3) 		Installed
capacity
(MW) 		Type
1 Tarbela Dam[1] File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 1976 153 143 13.7 4,888 TE/ER
2 Fort Peck Dam[2] File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1940 96 76.4 23 185 TE
3 Atatürk Dam[3] File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1990 84.5 166 48.7 2,400 TE/ER
4 Houtribdijk  Netherlands 1968 78[4] 13 2[5] 0 TE/ER
5 Oahe Dam[2] File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1963 70.3 75 29 786 TE/ER
6 Mangla Dam File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 1967 65.4 147 7.25 1,000 TE or TE/ER
7 Gardiner Dam[6]  Canada 1967 65.4 64 9.4 186 TE
8 Oroville Dam File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1968 59.6 230 4.36 819 TE/ER
9 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1967 59.6 93 2.52 424 TE
10 Nurek Dam File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE
11 Samara Dam File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1955 54[4] 52 57.3 2,315 TE or ER
12 Garrison Dam[2] File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1954 50.8 64 29 583.3 TE
13 Cochiti Dam File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1975 50.2 76.5 0.73 NA TE
14 Aswan Dam[7] File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1970 44.3 111 169 2,100 TE/ER
15 W. A. C. Bennett Dam  Canada 1968 43.7 186 7.4 2,876 TE
16 San Roque Dam File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 2003 40[8] 200 0.835 345 TE or ER
17 Fort Randall Dam[2] File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1953 38.2 50.3 6.7 320 TE/ER
18 Afsluitdijk  Netherlands 1932 36.5[4] 13 5.5 0 TE/ER
19 Guri Dam File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 1978 29.8 162 135 10,235 PG/ER
20 Three Gorges Dam File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 2008 27.4[9] 181 39.3 22,500 PG
21 Indira Sagar Dam File:Flag of India.svg India 2005 12.2 92 9.75 1,000 PG
22 Kariba Dam File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 1960 1 128 180 2000 PG

List of largest tailings dams

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

Rank Name Country Year completed Structure volume [106 m3] Structure height [m] Reservoir volume [109 m3] Installed capacity [MW] Type
1 Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred MLSB[10]  Canada 1995 540[4]/720 88 0.35 NA TE
2 Syncrude Tailings Dam#South West Sand Storage (SWSS)[11]  Canada 2010 119[4] 40-50 0.25[4] NA TE
3 ASARCO Mission Mine Tailings Dam File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1972 40.1 30[12] 0[13] NA ER

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c d Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  4. ^ a b c d e f Estimate based on height, dimensions from Google Earth and, where available, cross section. Accuracy ±15%
  5. ^ 700 km2 × 3 m
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  10. ^ D. Nicol (1994) "The Syncrude Mildred Lake Tailings Dyke Redesign", 18th Int. Congr. Large Dams.
  11. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  12. ^ Estimate based on structure volume and dimensions from Google Earth
  13. ^ Zero reservoir size because full of tailings

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