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The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River in New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. [1] With a height of 260.5 m (855 ft), it is the tallest dam in India and the 13th-tallest dam in the world. It is the primary dam of THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex. The dam ...
[1] [2] As of July, 2019, total number of large dams in India is 5,334. [3] About 447 large dams are under construction in India. [4] In terms of number of dams, India ranks third after China and the United States. Uttarakhand's Tehri Dam, is one of the largest dams in the world and was constructed in the 2006 across Ganges River.
Map of the major rivers, lakes and reservoirs in India. This is a list of largest reservoirs in India, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). In terms of number of dams, India ranks third after China, and USA.
The project is used for both irrigation and power generation. The project is the largest hydroelectric dam in Punjab with a capacity of 600 megawatts. Also, the dam is amongst the highest earth-fill dams in India and has the largest diameter penstock pipes in the country.
Indira Sagar Dam India: 2005 12.2 92 9.75 1,000 PG List of largest tailings dams. ... List of tallest dams; List of conventional hydroelectric power stations;
The tallest embankment dam and second tallest dam in the world is the 300 m (984 ft) Nurek Dam in Tajikistan. The tallest gravity dam is the 285 m (935 ft) high Grande Dixence Dam in Switzerland. The tallest natural dam, the 567 m (1,860 ft) Usoi Dam in Tajikistan, is 262 m (860 ft) taller than the tallest existing man-made one.
The Dibang Dam is a planned concrete gravity dam, proposed to be located in the Lower Dibang Valley District in Arunachal Pradesh, India.If constructed, [2] it will be India's largest dam and the world's tallest concrete gravity dam, standing 288 metres (945 ft) tall.
The dam has a height of 38.5 metres (126 ft) and length of 776 metres (2,546 ft). In the dam's reservoir there is a set of islands that were formed when the reservoir submerged the surrounding areas. [2] The islands with the Banasura hills are in the background view. [3] It is the largest earth dam in India and the second largest of its kind in ...