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The following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 March 2025. Dam in Yiling District, Hubei, China Dam in Yiling District, Hubei Three Gorges Dam 三峡大坝 The dam in September 2009 Location in Hubei Province Show map of Hubei Three Gorges Dam (China) Show map of China Country China Location Sandouping, Yiling District, Hubei Coordinates 30°49 ...
San Roque Dam Philippines: 2003 40 [8] 200 0.835 345 TE or ER 17 Fort Randall Dam [2] United States: 1953 38.2 50.3 6.7 320 TE/ER 18 Afsluitdijk Netherlands: 1932 36.5 [4] 13 5.5 0 TE/ER 19 Kölnbrein Dam Austria: 1979 35.2 200 0.2 1,028.5 TE 21 Guri Dam Venezuela: 1978 29.8 162 135 10,235 PG/ER 22 Three Gorges Dam China: 2008 27.4 [9] 181 39.3 ...
The Three Gorges Reservoir Region is approximately 200 km (120 mi) in length, while the Three Gorges themselves occupy about 120 km (75 mi) within this region: this has attracted global attention to the Three Gorges Dam and changed the culture and environment of the region. [1] [better source needed]
The largest hydroelectric power station is the Three Gorges Dam in China, rated at 22,500 MW in total installed capacity. After passing on 7 December 2007 the 14,000 MW mark of the Itaipu Dam, the facility was ranked as the largest power-generating facility ever built. The dam is 181 m (594 ft) high, 2,335 m (7,661 ft) long and 115 m (377 ft ...
Dam River Country Year Nominal volume km 3 Ref. 1: Lake Kariba: Kariba Dam: Zambezi River Zambia and Zimbabwe: 1959: 180.6, [1] 160.3 [2] 2: Bratsk Reservoir: Bratsk Dam: Angara River Russia: 1964: 169, [1] 169.3 [2] 3: Lake Volta: Akosombo Dam: Volta River Ghana: 1965: 150, [1] 148 [2] 4: Manicouagan Reservoir: Daniel-Johnson Dam: Manicouagan ...
The Hoover Dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, constructed between 1931 and 1936, was slightly taller, but Grand Coulee was more than four times as long. ... Only the Three ...
The Three Gorges Dam in 2006 Diagram showing dams planned for the upper reaches of the Yangtze River As of 2007, there are two dams built on the Yangtze river: Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba Dam . The Three Gorges Dam is the largest power station in the world by installed capacity, at 22.5 GW.