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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.
By the late 20th century, arch dam design reached a relative uniformity in design around the world. [4] Currently, the tallest arch dam in the world is the 305 metres (1,001 ft) Jingpin-I Dam in China, which was completed in 2013. [10] The longest multiple arch with buttress dam in the world is the Daniel-Johnson Dam in Quebec, Canada. It is ...
The dam is 214 m (702 ft) tall, 1,314 m (4,311 ft) long and contains 2,200,000 m 3 (2,900,000 cu yd) of concrete, making it the largest dam of its type in the world. [2] [4] The dam was named after Daniel Johnson Sr., the 20th Premier of Quebec, responsible for starting the project while serving as a minister in Duplessis's government.
Gardiner Dam [6] Canada: 1967 65.4 64 9.4 186 TE 8 Oroville Dam United States: 1968 59.6 230 4.36 819 TE/ER 9 San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam) United States: 1967 59.6 93 2.52 424 TE 10 Nurek Dam Tajikistan: 1980 54 300 10.5 3,200 TE 11 Samara Dam Russia: 1955 54 [4] 52 57.3 2,315 TE or ER 12 Garrison Dam [2] United States: 1954 50.8 64 29 583.3 TE ...
The Jinping-I Dam (simplified Chinese: 锦屏一级水电站; traditional Chinese: 錦屏一級水電站) also known as the Jinping-I Hydropower Station or Jinping 1st Cascade, is a tall arch dam on the Jinping Bend of the Yalong River (Yalong Jiang) in Liangshan, Sichuan, China. Construction on the project began in 2005 and was completed in 2014.
Created by the Maricopa Water District's Carl Pleasant Dam, which was finished in 1927, and upon completion, was the largest multi-arch dam in the world. The lake originally had a surface area of 3,700 acres (5.8 sq mi; 15 km 2) and served as a private irrigation project. At 76 ft (23 m) high and 2,160 ft (660 m) long, the original Carl ...
The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world's largest instantaneous generating capacity at 22,500 MW of power. In second place is the Baihetan Dam, also in China, with a capacity of 16,000 MW. The Itaipu Dam in Paraguay and Brazil is the third largest with 14,000 MW of power.
The Bakhtiari Dam is an arch dam currently under construction on the Bakhtiari River within the Zagros Mountains on the border of Lorestan and Khuzestan provinces, Iran.At a planned height of 325 metres (1,066 ft), [2] it will be the world's tallest dam once completed and withhold the second largest reservoir in Iran after the Karkheh reservoir.