Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world's largest instantaneous generating capacity (22,500 MW), with Baihetan Dam from the same nation in second place with a capacity of (16,000 MW). The Itaipu Dam in Paraguay / Brazil is the third largest with (14,000 MW). Despite the large difference in installed capacity between Three Gorges Dam ...
The tallest is Oroville Dam in northern California, a 770.5-foot (234.8 m) embankment dam completed in 1968. Five of the ten tallest dams in the U.S. are located in California. The Colorado, Columbia and Sacramento – San Joaquin river systems contain the greatest number of tall dams. In the eastern U.S., tall dams are less common because of ...
List of tallest dams. This is a list of the tallest dams in the world over 135 m (443 ft) in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at 305 m (1,001 ft). 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 ...
List of hydroelectric power stations in the United States. Coordinates: 36.8683°N 85.1475°W. Grand Coulee Dam, the largest hydroelectric power station in North America. This is a list of operational hydroelectric power stations in the United States with a current nameplate capacity of at least 100 MW. The Hoover Dam in Arizona and Nevada was ...
Elkhead Reservoir. Englewood Dam. Green Mountain Reservoir. Gross Dam – Gross Reservoir. Horsetooth Dam – Horsetooth Reservoir, built as part of the Colorado-Big Thompson project. John Martin Reservoir. McNulty Reservoir Dam. McPhee Dam – McPhee Reservoir. Morrow Point Dam – Morrow Point Reservoir.
Three Gorges Dam in China, currently the largest hydroelectric power station, and the largest power-producing body ever built, at 22,500 MW. This article lists the largest power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of installed electrical capacity.
Lake Powell, impounded by Glen Canyon Dam, is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. This is a list of largest reservoirs in the United States, including all artificial lakes with a capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3). Figures given are for maximum storage capacity (flood pool) of reservoirs, not regular storage ...