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Inga Dam in DR Congo. Aswan Dam in Egypt. Akosombo Dam in Ghana. Katse Dam in Lesotho. Bin el Ouidane Dam in Morocco. Gariep Dam in South Africa. Owen Falls Dam in Uganda. Osborne Dam in Zimbabwe.
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 ...
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The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world's largest instantaneous generating capacity (22,500 MW), with Baihetan Dam from the same nation in second place with a capacity of (16,000 MW). The Itaipu Dam in Paraguay / Brazil is the third largest with (14,000 MW). Despite the large difference in installed capacity between Three Gorges Dam ...
Dams in Cambodia (1 C, 9 P) Dams in Cameroon (1 C, 4 P) Dams in Canada (5 C, 2 P) Dams in Cape Verde (1 P) Dams in Chile (1 C, 4 P) Dams in China (6 C, 186 P) Dams in Colombia (1 C, 11 P) Dams in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1 C, 11 P) Dams in the Republic of the Congo (1 C, 2 P)
The amount of water left in a reservoir that cannot be used for the general purpose the reservoir was constructed. At this state, the reservoir is termed fully drawn down. For example, if built to supply water in the dry season, it is the water left behind when no more water can be extracted. Frequently, the effective minimum volume is greater ...
S. List of dams in Saudi Arabia. List of dams and reservoirs in Singapore. List of dams in South Africa. List of dams and reservoirs in Spain. List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka. List of dams and reservoirs in Switzerland. List of tallest dams in Switzerland.
List of reservoirs by surface area. Below are the reservoirs (artificial lakes) in the world with a surface area exceeding 500 km 2 (190 sq mi). Reservoirs can be formed conventionally, by damming the outlet of a canyon or valley to form a lake; the largest of this type is Ghana 's Lake Volta, with a water surface of 8,500 km 2 (3,300 sq mi).