The World's Largest Dam - located in Central China (Yangtze River)
It will be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world when completed in 2009. The reservoir began filling on June 1, 2003, and will occupy the present position of the scenic Three Gorges area, between the cities of Yichang, Hubei; and Fuling, Chongqing Municipality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_gorges_dam
Grand Coulee Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. In the United States, it is the largest electric power producing facility and the largest concrete structure. It is the fifth largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world. The top producing dams are the Three Gorges Dam in China, the Guri Dam in Venezuela, the Itaipu Dam on the border of ...
Located on the Green River in northeastern Utah and southern Wyoming. This dam creates a reservoir which is used for hydroelectric power. Construction on this dam began in 1958 and was completed in 1964. The dam is 502' high and 1180' long. The crest width of this dam is 27', with a base width of 131'.
Tallowa Dam is a concrete dam located immediately downstream of the junction of the Kangaroo and Shoalhaven rivers.
The dam collects water from a 5,750 square kilometre catchment. This water is stored in Lake Yarrunga, which is formed by Tallowa Dam.
Woronora Dam collects water from the catchment of the Woronora River, which drains into the dam and then to Botany Bay. The dam supplies water to residents within the Sutherland Shire in Sydney's south.
The fast-flowing Bistrita (called “the river of light”), which rises in the Rodna Mountains to the northwest, has 13 hydroelectric power stations between Bicaz and Buzau. At Bicaz is the largest on the river and also one of the largest in Romania. The town is a tourist base for the Bicaz Gorges, a spectacular region of heavily eroded limestone (karst) constructions that have been designated a n...
The construction of this project was started in the year 1948 and was completed in 1963 . It is 740 ft. high above the deepest foundation as straight concrete dam being more than three times the height of Qutab Minar. Bhakra Dam is the highest Concrete Gravity dam in Asia and Second Highest in the world.
The Nurek dam in Tajikistan is 300 meters (984 feet) tall and at the moment (9/2005) the highest dam of the world (the Rogun dam (335 meters / 1,099 feet) still is under construction).
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