List of largest dams

The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. A dam is generally defined as a barrier that impounds water or underground flows, so tailings dams are relegated to a separate list. Data on volume of structure is not as readily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.

Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity

Rank Name Country Year
completed		 Structure
volume
(106 m3)		 Structure
height
(m)		 Reservoir
volume
(109 m3)		 Installed
capacity
(MW)		 Type
1 Tarbela Dam  Pakistan 1976 153 143 13.7 4,888 TE/ER
2 Fort Peck Dam  United States 1940 96 76.4 23 185 TE
3 Atatürk Dam  Turkey 1990 84.5 166 48.7 2,400 TE/ER
4 Houtribdijk  Netherlands 1968 78 13 2 0 TE/ER
5 Oahe Dam  United States 1963 70.3 75 29 786 TE/ER
6 Mangla Dam Jammu & Kashmir 1967 65.4 147 7.25 1,000 TE or TE/ER
7 Gardiner Dam  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 52 57.3 2,315 TE or ER
12 Garrison Dam  United States 1954 50.8 64 29 583.3 TE
13 Cochiti Dam  United States 1975 50.2 76.5 0.73 NA TE
14 Aswan Dam  Egypt 1970 44.3 111 169 2,100 TE/ER
15 W. A. C. Bennett Dam  Canada 1968 43.7 186 7.4 2,876 TE
16 San Roque Dam  Philippines 2003 40 200 0.835 345 TE or ER
17 Fort Randall Dam  United States 1953 38.2 50.3 6.7 320 TE/ER
18 Afsluitdijk  Netherlands 1932 36.5 13 5.5 0 TE/ER
19 Kölnbrein Dam  Austria 1979 35.2 200 0.2 1,028.5 TE
20 Guri Dam  Venezuela 1978 29.8 162 135 10,235 PG/ER
21 Three Gorges Dam  China 2008 27.4 181 39.3 22,500 PG
22 Indira Sagar Dam  India 2005 12.2 92 9.75 1,000 PG
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