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  2. List of dams and reservoirs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of United States Bureau of Reclamation dams - Wikipedia

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    Following is a complete list of the approximately 340 dams owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation as of 2008. [1] The Bureau was established in July 1902 as the "United States Reclamation Service" and was renamed in 1923. The agency has operated in the 17 western states of the continental U.S., divided into five administrative regions.

  4. Category:Lists of dams in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. List of hydroelectric power stations in the United States

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    This is a list of operational hydroelectric power stations in the United States with a current nameplate capacity of at least 100 MW. The Hoover Dam in Arizona and Nevada was the first hydroelectric power station in the United States to have a capacity of at least 1,000 MW upon completion in 1936. Since then numerous other hydroelectric power ...

  6. List of dams and reservoirs - Wikipedia

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    Toggle North and Central America subsection. 4.1 Belize. 4.2 Canada. 4.3 Costa Rica. 4.4 Cuba. ... List of largest dams; List of world's tallest dams; List of ...

  7. List of tallest dams in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Category:Dams in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of dams and reservoirs in the United States; L. List of flooded towns in the United States; P.

  9. List of largest dams - Wikipedia

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    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.