World's Largest Dams
Updated April 27, 2023 |
Infoplease Staff
| Volume (thousands) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dam | Location | cu m | cu yds | Year completed |
| Three Gorges | China | 39,300,000 | 51,402,459 | UC08 |
| Syncrude Tailings | Canada | 540,000 | 706,320 | UC |
| Chapetón | Argentina | 296,200 | 387,410 | UC |
| Pati | Argentina | 238,180 | 274,026 | UC |
| New Cornelia Tailings | United States | 209,500 | 274,026 | 1973 |
| Tarbela | Pakistan | 121,720 | 159,210 | 1976 |
| Kambaratinsk | Kyrgyzstan | 112,200 | 146,758 | UC |
| Fort Peck | Montana | 96,049 | 125,628 | 1940 |
| Lower Usuma | Nigeria | 93,000 | 121,644 | 1990 |
| Cipasang | Indonesia | 90,000 | 117,720 | UC |
| Atatürk | Turkey | 84,500 | 110,522 | 1990 |
| Yacyretá-Apipe | Paraguay/Argentina | 81,000 | 105,944 | 1998 |
| Guri (Raúl Leoni) | Venezuela | 78,000 | 102,014 | 1986 |
| Rogun | Tajikistan | 75,500 | 98,750 | 1985 |
| Oahe | South Dakota | 70,339 | 92,000 | 1963 |
| Mangla | Pakistan | 65,651 | 85,872 | 1967 |
| Gardiner | Canada | 65,440 | 85,592 | 1968 |
| Afsluitdijk | Netherlands | 63,400 | 82,927 | 1932 |
| Oroville | California | 59,639 | 78,008 | 1968 |
| San Luis | California | 59,405 | 77,700 | 1967 |
| Nurek | Tajikistan | 58,000 | 75,861 | 1980 |
| Garrison | North Dakota | 50,843 | 66,500 | 1956 |
| Cochiti | New Mexico | 48,052 | 62,850 | 1975 |
| Tabka (Thawra) | Syria | 46,000 | 60,168 | 1976 |
| Bennett W.A.C. | Canada | 43,733 | 57,201 | 1967 |
| Tucuruíi | Brazil | 43,000 | 56,242 | 1984 |
| Boruca | Costa Rica | 43,000 | 56,242 | UC |
| High Aswan (Sadd-el-Aali) | Egypt | 43,000 | 56,242 | 1970 |
| San Roque | Philippines | 43,000 | 56,242 | UC |
| Kiev | Ukraine | 42,841 | 56,034 | 1964 |
| Dantiwada Left Embankment | India | 41,040 | 53,680 | 1965 |
| Saratov | Russia | 40,400 | 52,843 | 1967 |
| Mission Tailings 2 | Arizona | 40,088 | 52,435 | 1973 |
| Fort Randall | South Dakota | 38,227 | 50,000 | 1953 |
| Kanev | Ukraine | 37,860 | 49,520 | 1976 |
| Mosul | Iraq | 36,000 | 47,086 | 1982 |
| Kakhovka | Ukraine | 35,640 | 46,617 | 1955 |
| Itumbiara | Brazil | 35,600 | 46,563 | 1980 |
| Lauwerszee | Netherlands | 35,575 | 46,532 | 1969 |
| Beas | India | 35,418 | 46,325 | 1974 |
| Oosterschelde | Netherlands | 35,000 | 45,778 | 1986 |
NOTE: UC = under construction.
Source: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation and International Water Power and Dam Construction.
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