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List of largest dams; List of world's tallest dams; List of hydropower stations in Africa; List of lakes This page was last edited on 25 December ...
The National Inventory of Dams defines a 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). [1] The following is a partial list of dams and reservoirs in the United States. There are an estimated 84,000 dams in ...
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. Data on volume of structure is not as easily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.
List of dams and reservoirs in Maine; List of dams and reservoirs in Maryland; List of dams and reservoirs in Michigan; List of dams and reservoirs in Minnesota; List of locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River; List of dams and reservoirs in Missouri; List of dams in the Missouri River watershed; List of dams and reservoirs in Montana
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California.
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; T.
List of dams and reservoirs * List of largest dams; H. List of dams and reservoirs in the Harz; P. List of conventional hydroelectric power stations; R.
The tallest is Oroville Dam in northern California, a 770.5-foot (234.8 m) embankment dam completed in 1968. Five of the ten tallest dams in the U.S. are located in California. The Colorado, Columbia and Sacramento–San Joaquin river systems contain the greatest number of tall dams. In the eastern U.S., tall dams are less common because of the ...