List of largest dams

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. Be aware that data on volume of structure is not as easily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.

Rank	Name	Country	Year completed	Structure height [m]	Structure volume [10^6 m^3]	Reservoir volume [10^9 m^3]	Installed capacity [MW]	Type
1	Tarbela Dam[1]	Pakistan	1976	143	153	13.7	4,888	TE/ER
2	Fort Peck Dam[2]	United States	1940	76.4	96	23	185	TE
3	Atatürk Dam[3]	Turkey	1990	166	84.5	48.7	2,400	TE/ER
4	Houtribdijk	Netherlands	1968	13	78[4]	2[5]	0	TE/ER
5	Oahe Dam[2]	United States	1963	75	70.3	29	786	TE/ER
6	Mangla Dam	Pakistan	1967	147	65.4	7.25	1,000	TE or TE/ER
7	Gardiner Dam[6]	Canada	1967	64	65.4	9.4	186	TE
8	Oroville Dam	United States	1968	230	59.6	4.36	819	TE/ER
9	San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam)	United States	1967	93	59.6	2.52	424	TE
10	Nurek Dam	Tajikistan	1980	300	54	10.5	3,200	TE
11	Samara Dam	Russia	1955	52	54[4]	57.3	2,315	TE or ER
12	Garrison Dam[2]	United States	1954	64	50.8	29	NA	TE
13	Cochiti Dam	United States	1975	76.5	50.2	0.73	NA	TE
14	Aswan Dam[7]	Egypt	1970	111	44.3	169	2,100	TE/ER
15	W. A. C. Bennett Dam	Canada	1968	186	43.7	7.4	2,876	TE
16	San Roque Dam	Philippines	2003	200	40[8]	0.835	345	TE or ER
17	Fort Randall Dam[2]	United States	1953	50.3	38.2	6.7	320	TE/ER
18	Afsluitdijk	Netherlands	1932	13	36.5[4]	5.5	0	TE/ER
19	Kölnbrein Dam	Austria	1979	200	35.2	1.58	1,028.5	TE
20	Guri Dam	Venezuela	1978	162	29.8	135	10,235	PG/ER
21	Three Gorges Dam	China	2008	181	27.4[9]	39.3	22,500	PG
22	Hirakud Dam	India	1957	60.96	19.2	8.14	347.5	TE/ER

For the Tallest dam in the world, see List of tallest dams. For the largest reservoirs in the world, see List of reservoirs by volume.

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

List of largest tailings dams

Rank	Name	Country	Year completed	Structure height [m]	Structure volume [10^6 m^3]	Reservoir volume [10^9 m^3]	Installed capacity [MW]	Type
1	Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred MLSB[10]	Canada	1995	88	540[4]/720	0.35	NA	TE
2	Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred SWSS[11]	Canada	2010	40-50	119[4]	0.25[4]	NA	TE
3	ASARCO Mission Mine Tailings Dam	United States	1972	30[12]	40.1	0 [13]	NA	ER

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

See also

• List of reservoirs by volume
• List of tallest dams
• List of largest hydroelectric power stations
• List of megaprojects#Dam and hydroelectric projects

References

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3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2010-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Estimate based on height, dimensions from Google Earth and, where available, cross section. Accuracy ±15%
5. 700 km² × 3 m
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. "Embankment dams | Structurae". En.structurae.de. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
8. "San Roque Dam". NAPOCOR. Archived from the original on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
9. "New Developments in Dam Engineering". Retrieved 2015-07-25.
10. D. Nicol (1994) "The Syncrude Mildred Lake Tailings Dyke Redesign", 18th Int. Congr. Large Dams.
11. "Microsoft Word - Baseline Report on Fluid Deposits revE" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-16.
12. Estimate based on structure volume and dimensions from Google Earth
13. Zero reservoir size because full of tailincvhbvxchfxgs