List of largest dams

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; CFRD - Concrete face rockfill

Rank Name Country Year
completed 		Structure
volume
(106 m3) 		Structure
height
(m) 		Reservoir
volume
(109 m3) 		Installed
capacity
(MW) 		Type
1 Tarbela Dam[1]  Pakistan 1976 153 143 13.7 4,888 TE/ER
2 Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam[2]  Ethiopia 2023 130 (est.) 155 74 5,150 (full) CFRD
3 Fort Peck Dam[3]  United States 1940 96 76.4 23 185 TE
4 Atatürk Dam[4]  Turkey 1990 84.5 166 48.7 2,400 TE/ER
5 Houtribdijk  Netherlands 1968 78[5] 13 2[6] 0 TE/ER
6 Oahe Dam[3]  United States 1963 70.3 75 29 786 TE/ER
7 Mangla Dam  Pakistan 1967 65.4 147 9.12 1,000 TE/ER
8 Gardiner Dam[7]  Canada 1967 65.4 64 9.4 186 TE
9 Oroville Dam  United States 1968 59.6 230 4.36 819 TE/ER
10 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam)  United States 1967 59.6 93 2.52 424 TE
11 Nurek Dam  Tajikistan 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE
12 Samara Dam  Russia 1955 54[5] 52 57.3 2,315 TE/ER
13 Garrison Dam[3]  United States 1954 50.8 64 29 583.3 TE
14 Cochiti Dam  United States 1975 50.2 76.5 0.73 NA TE
15 Aswan Dam[8]  Egypt 1970 44.3 111 169 2,100 TE/ER
16 W. A. C. Bennett Dam  Canada 1968 43.7 186 7.4 2,876 TE
17 San Roque Dam  Philippines 2003 40[9] 200 0.835 345 CFRD
18 Fort Randall Dam[3]  United States 1953 38.2 50.3 6.7 320 TE/ER
19 Afsluitdijk  Netherlands 1932 36.5[5] 13 5.5 0 TE/ER
20 Guri Dam  Venezuela 1978 29.8 162 135 10,235 PG/ER
21 Three Gorges Dam  China 2008 27.4[10] 181 39.3 22,500 PG
22 Indira Sagar Dam  India 2005 12.2 92 9.75 1,000 PG
23 Kariba Dam  Zimbabwe
 Zambia 		1960 1 128 180 2,000 PG

List of largest tailings dams

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

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[11]  Canada 1995 540[5]/720 88 0.35 NA TE
2 Syncrude Tailings Dam#South West Sand Storage (SWSS)[12]  Canada 2010 119[5] 40–50 0.25[5] NA TE
3 ASARCO Mission Mine Tailings Dam  United States 1972 40.1 30[13] 0[14] NA ER

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tarbela Dam Project" (PDF). WAPDA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  2. ^ "Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) – Key Facts". Ethiopian Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  3. ^ a b c d "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2010-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b c d e f Estimate based on height, dimensions from Google Earth and, where available, cross section. Accuracy ±15%
  6. ^ 700 km2 × 3 m
  7. ^ "South Saskatchewan River Project|Fact Sheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  8. ^ "Embankment dams | Structurae". En.structurae.de. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  9. ^ "San Roque Dam". NAPOCOR. Archived from the original on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  10. ^ Wieland, Martin; Ren, Qingwen; Tan, John S. Y. (14 May 2014). New Developments in Dam Engineering. CRC Press. ISBN 9780203020678. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  11. ^ D. Nicol (1994) "The Syncrude Mildred Lake Tailings Dyke Redesign", 18th Int. Congr. Large Dams.
  12. ^ "Microsoft Word - Baseline Report on Fluid Deposits revE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  13. ^ Estimate based on structure volume and dimensions from Google Earth
  14. ^ Zero reservoir size because full of tailings
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