reservoirs
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...
Meraldene Dam
The Meraldene Dam, or Barrage Meraldene, is an embankment dam on the Meraldene River, located at southwest of Thénia in Boumerdès Province within Kabylia in Algeria.
Construction
The design of this project was entrusted to the engineer-arc ...
Sarno Dam
Sarno is a town and '' comune'' and former Latin Catholic bishopric of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway.
Overview
It lies at the f ...
Bou Hanifia Dam
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Oued Mina Dam
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Ain Ferrah Dam
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Al Dahmouni Dam
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Colonel Bougara Dam
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Calueque Dam
The Caluequee Dam, is an operational multipurpose dam across the Kunene River, in Kunene Province, in southwestern Angola. The dam stores water for the Ruacana Hydroelectric Power Station, in neighboring Namibia. Its waters are also used for ...
Capanda Dam
The Capanda Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Kwanza River in Malanje Province, Angola.
Built in 1987–2007 by the Russian company Tekhnopromexport, general designer - the institute Hydroproject (Chief Engineer - Ph.D Fedosov V.E.) The facility ...
Lom Pangar Dam
The Lom Pangar Dam is an embankment dam with a center gravity dam section currently under construction on the Lom River about north of Bertoua in the East Region of Cameroon. It is located about downstream of the Lom River's confluence with the ...
Nzilo Dam
Nzilo Hydroelectric Power Station is an operational hydropower plant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with installed capacity of . It is operated by the Congolese electricity utility company, Société Nationale d'Électricité (SNEL). ...
Aswan Dam
The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan L ...
Aswan Low Dam
The Aswan Low Dam or Old Aswan Dam is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. The dam was built at the former first cataract of the Nile, and is located about 1000 km up-river and 690 km (direct distance) sou ...
Equatorial Guinea
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Djibloho Dam
The Djibloho Dam is a gravity dam on the Wele River near Djibloho in Wele-Nzas, Equatorial Guinea. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water pow ...
Eritrea
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Mai Nefhi Mai Nefhi ( Tigrigna for "Water-Distend?") is both a location near Asmara, Eritrea and the dam after which it was named. The Mai Nefhi dam was completed in 1970, during the reign of Haile Selassie, and remains the main water source for Asmara.
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Gilgel Gibe III Dam
The Gilgel Gibe III Dam is a 250m high roller-compacted concrete dam with an associated hydroelectric power plant on the Omo River in Ethiopia. It is located about west of Sodo in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region. Once f ...
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Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
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Koka
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Grand Poubara Dam
The Grand Poubara Dam is a gravity dam on the Ogooué River, about south of Franceville in Gabon. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation, and it supports a power station.
History
The government of Gabon signed a $84 ...
Ghana
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Akosombo Dam
The Akosombo Dam, also known as the Volta Dam, is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana in the Akosombo gorge and part of the Volta River Authority. The construction of the dam flooded part of the Volta River Basin and led ...
Bui Dam
The Bui Dam is a hydroelectric project in Ghana. It is built on the Black Volta river at the ''Bui Gorge'', at the southern end of Bui National Park. The project is a collaboration between the government of Ghana and Sino Hydro, a Chinese constru ...
Tono Dam
Tono Dam is one of the largest agricultural dams in western Africa, located in Kassena-Nankana District of Upper East Region, northern Ghana
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Weija Dam
Weija Dam is a dam on the Densu River which supports the main water treatment plant for Accra in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is operated by the Ghana Water Company.This supplies about 80 percent of the potable water for the entire city ...
Kossou Dam
The Kossou Dam is an embankment dam that impounds the Bandama River about northwest of Yamoussoukro in Côte d'Ivoire. It has a power generating capacity of , enough to power over 118,000 homes. The dam impounds the largest lake in Côte d'Ivoi ...
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Taabo Dam
The Taabo Dam is a hydroelectric power plant of the Bandama River in Côte d'Ivoire. It has a power generating capacity of , enough to power over 141,000 homes. This dam is located downstream from Kossou Dam
The Kossou Dam is an embankment dam ...
Kenya
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Lesotho
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Katse Dam
The Katse Dam, a concrete arch dam on the Malibamat'so River in Lesotho, is Africa's second largest double-curvature arch dam. (The Tekezé Dam, completed in early 2009, is now Africa's largest double curvature dam). The dam is part of the Leso ...
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Mohale Dam
Mohale Dam is a concrete faced rock-fill dam in Lesotho. It is the second dam, under Phase 1B of the series of dams of the proposed Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), which will eventually include five large dams in remote rural areas of L ...
Muela Dam
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Mandraka Dam
Mandraka Dam is a gravity dam on the Mandraka River near Mandraka in the Analamanga Region of Madagascar. The dam was constructed by a French firm by 1956 and creates Lake Mandraka.
Mandraka Power Station
The dam supplies water to a hydroelect ...
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Mantasoa Dam
Mantasoa Dam is a buttress dam on the Varahina-North River, a tributary of the Ikopa River, near Mantasoa in the Analamanga Region of Madagascar. The dam was constructed by French contractors between 1937 and 1938. It creates Lake Mantasoa whic ...
Kamuzu Dam II Dam
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In 1966, the country became a republic an ...
Sélingué Dam
The Sélingué Dam is an embankment dam with a gravity section located in the Sikasso Region, on the Sankarani River, one of the affluents of the Niger River. It is an important center of energy production in Mali surpassed only by the Manantali ...
Mauritania
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Diama Dam
The Diama Dam, sometimes referred to as the Maka–Diama Dam, is a gravity dam on the Senegal River, spanning the border of Senegal and Mauritania. It is located next to the town of Diama, Senegal and about north of Saint-Louis, Senegal. The ...
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Foum Gleita Dam
The Foum Gleita Dam is an arch dam on the Gorgol River near Foum Gleita in the Gorgol Region of Mauritania. The dam was completed in 1988 with the primary purpose of supplying water for the irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering) i ...
Mare aux Vacoas
Mare aux Vacoas is the largest reservoir in Mauritius. It is located in Plaines Wilhems, in the southwest of the island, to the south of the town of Curepipe. It has a capacity of and provides water to the upper Plaines Wilhems and to Moka
Moka ...
Tamarind Falls Reservoir
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Al Massira Dam
The Al Massira Dam is a gravity dam located south of Settat on the Oum Er-Rbia River in Settat Province, Morocco. Completed in 1979, the dam provides water for the irrigation of over of farmland in the Doukkala region. The dam's hydroelectric po ...
Allal al Fassi Dam
The Allal al Fassi Dam is an embankment dam located northeast of Sefrou on the Sebou River in the Fès-Meknès region of Morocco. Completed in 1991, it provides water for irrigation and hydroelectric power production. The dam was named after the f ...
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Bin el Ouidane Dam
The Bin el Ouidane Dam is an arch dam located south of Beni Mellal on the El-Abid River in Azilal Province, Morocco. Designed by Coyne et Bellier and constructed between 1949 and 1953, the purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and ...
Hassan I Dam
The Hassan I Dam is an embankment dam located northeast of Demnate on the Lakhdar River in Azilal Province, Morocco. Completed in 1986, the dam provides water for the irrigation of over of farmland. The dam's hydroelectric power plant also genera ...
Idriss I Dam
The Idriss I Dam, also known as the Idriss the First Dam, is a gravity dam on the Inaouen River, a tributary of the Sebou River. The dam is situated in the Gharb Basin and is located northeast of Fes in Taza and Taounate Province, Morocco. Th ...
Mohamed V Dam
The Mohamed V Dam is an arch-gravity dam located south of Zaio on the Moulouya River in Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco. The primary purpose of the dam is supplying water for the irrigation of downstream. Water is also used for hydroelectric powe ...
Cahora Bassa Dam
The Cahora Bassa Dam is located in Mozambique. It is one of two major dams on the Zambezi river, the other being the Kariba. The dam was finished in December 1974 after much political debate. This dam is used to convert the Zambezi River power i ...
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Massingir Dam
Massingir Dam is a dam on the Rio dos Elefantes (Olifants or Lepelle), Gaza Province, Mozambique. It is named after the town of Massingir, in Massingir District. The Shingwedzi River flows close to the northeastern side of the reservoir and join ...
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Mphanda Nkuwa Dam
Mphanda Nkuwa Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Zambezi River in Mozambique. The dam would be located about downstream of the existing Cahora Bassa Dam near the city of Tete. Its power station would have a capacity of 1,500 megawatts.
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Namibia
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Avis Dam
The Avis Dam is a dam outside of Windhoek, Namibia
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Bondels Dam
Bondels Dam is a reservoir outside of Karasburg in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. Located 7 km west of Karas, it dams the Satco River and was built to enhance the recharge of the Bondels Dam aquifer. It has a capacity of 1.105 million cubic ...
Hardap Dam
Hardap Dam is a dam close to Mariental in the Hardap Region of central Namibia. Created in 1963 while Namibia was under South African occupation, Hardap Dam is the largest dam in the country. The reservoir dams the Fish River and is home to num ...
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Naute Dam
The Naute Dam is a dam outside of Keetmanshoop in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It was built by Concor between 1970 and 1972 and was officially commissioned in September 1972. It is the third largest dam in Namibia after Hardap Dam to Naute's ...
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Oanob Dam
Oanob Dam is a dam outside Rehoboth, Hardap Region, Namibia
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Olushandja Dam
Olushandja Dam is a dam on the Etaka River outside of Oshakati in the Oshana Region of Namibia. The dam was completed in 1990. Its lake has a maximum capacity of 42.331 million cubic metres, and stores water from the Calueque Dam on the Cunene R ...
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Omatako Dam
Omatako Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam about north of Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It is named after the Omatako Mountains, and it dams the ephemeral Omatako River, with ''Omatako'' meaning "butt" in Oshiwambo, the name ...
Von Bach Dam
The Von Bach Dam (originally the Sartorius von Bach Dam) is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Swakop River near Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. Built in 1968 and commissioned in 1970, the dam provides Namibia's capital of Windhoek ...
Niger
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Kandadji Dam
The Kandadji Dam, is a large multipurpose dam under construction on the Niger River. The site is situated near the small town of ''Kandadji'', Tillabéri Department, Tillabéri Region, Niger, 180 km northwest of the capital Niamey. It is bein ...
Nigeria
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Kainji Dam
Kainji Dam is a dam across the Niger River in Niger State of Central Nigeria. Construction of the dam was carried out by Impregilo (a consortium of Italian Civil Engineering Contractors) to designs by Joint Consultants, Balfour Beatty and Nedeco, ...
Imboulou Dam
The Imboulou Dam is a dam on the Léfini River, near Ngabé, Ngabe District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo, about 300 kilometers north of Brazzaville. It was inaugurated by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso (born 23 ...
Diama Dam
The Diama Dam, sometimes referred to as the Maka–Diama Dam, is a gravity dam on the Senegal River, spanning the border of Senegal and Mauritania. It is located next to the town of Diama, Senegal and about north of Saint-Louis, Senegal. The ...
Sierra Leone
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Bumbuna Dam
The Bumbuna Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Seli River near Bumbuna in Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, and from the capital of Freetown, the main consumer. The country's first hydroelectric dam, it supports a power station.
The si ...
Maguga Dam
The Maguga Dam is a dam on the Komati River in Eswatini. It is high and is located about south of Piggs Peak. It was built as a joint project of the governments of South Africa and Eswatini. As of 2005, it was the largest public works project e ...
Kidatu Dam
Kidatu Dam, also Kidadu Hydroelectric Power Station, is a hydroelectric dam in Tanzania.
Location
The power station is located across the Great Ruaha River, in the village of Kilosa, in Morogoro Region, approximately , by road, southwest of D ...
Nangbeto Dam
The Nangbeto Dam is an embankment dam on the Mono River in the Plateaux Region of Togo. It was constructed between 1984 and 1987 for the purpose of providing hydroelectric power to both Togo and Benin as well as creating fisheries and supplying ...
Sidi Salem Dam
The Sidi Salem Dam is the largest embankment dam in Tunisia located northwest of Testour
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Ayago Power Station
Ayago Hydroelectric Power Station, also Ayago Power Station, is a planned 840 megawatt hydroelectric power project to be constructed in Uganda. If it is built, Ayago would be the largest power station in Uganda, based on generating capacity.
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Bujagali Power Station
The Bujagali Power Station is a hydroelectric power station across the Victoria Nile that harnesses the energy of its namesake; the Bujagali Falls, in Uganda. Construction began in 2007 and concluded in 2012. It was officially inaugurated o ...
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Isimba Power Station
Isimba Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station commissioned on 21 March 2019 in Uganda. Construction of this dam began in April 2015 and was completed in January 2019. Commercial operations began on 21 March 2019.
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Karuma Power Station
The Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station is a 600 MW hydroelectric power project under construction in Uganda. When completed, it will be the largest power-generating installation in the country.
Location
The power station is located on the ...
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Kiira Power Station
Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station, is a hydroelectric power station in Uganda, with an installed capacity of .
Location
The power station is located at Kimaka, a northern suburb of Jinja, in Jinja District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda, a ...
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Nalubaale Power Station
Nalubaale Power Station, formerly known as Owen Falls Dam, is a hydroelectric power station across the White Nile near its source at Lake Victoria in Uganda. ''Nalubaale'' is the Luganda name for Lake Victoria.
Location
The dam sits across the N ...
Bangala Dam
Bangala Dam lies in south-eastern Zimbabwe, south of Masvingo. It was built by Concor to provide irrigation water to the farming estates on the lowveld to the southwest, around the town of Triangle
A triangle is a polygon with three edg ...
Lake Chivero
Lake Chivero is a reservoir on the Manyame River in Zimbabwe. It was formerly called Lake McIlwaine in memory of Sir Robert McIlwaine, a former judge of the High Court and founder of Southern Rhodesia's (later Rhodesia's, now Zimbabwe's) soil an ...
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Lake Mutirikwe
Lake Mutirikwi, formerly known as Lake Kyle or Kyle Dam, lies in south eastern Zimbabwe, south east of Masvingo. It is thought to have been named Lake Kyle, from the Kyle farm which occupied most of the land required for the lake, which in turn w ...
Osborne Dam
The Osborne Dam site on the Odzi River, Zimbabwe, was identified in the 1950s by the planning engineers of the Ministry of Water. Cored drilling investigations on the two possible alignments were completed in the 1960s. After the completion of M ...
Chardara Dam
The Chardara Dam ( kk, Shardara), also known as Chardarin Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Syr Darya River in Shardara District, Kazakhstan. It was constructed between 1964 and 1968 with the primary purpose of irrigation. The dam has a ...
Medeu Dam
The Medeu Mudflow Control Dam ( kk, Медеу бөгеті, ''Medeý bógeti'') is a dam across the Medeu tract, Medeu Valley south-east of Almaty, Kazakhstan, designed to protect the city from devastating debris flows (or mudflows).
The mudfl ...
Kürpsay Dam
The Kürpsay Dam ( ky, Күрпсай плотинасы) is a gravity dam on the river Naryn in Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan
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Toktogul Dam
Toktogul Dam is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Naryn River in the Jalal-Abad Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is concrete gravity dam with height of and length of . It is a part of the Naryn-Syr Darya cascade. It is named after Toktogul Sat ...
Baipaza Dam
The Baipaza Dam (russian: Байпазинская ГЭС; tg, Нерӯгоҳи барқи обии Бойғозӣ) is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the Vakhsh River about southeast of Yovon in Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. A purpose of the d ...
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Farkhad Dam
The Farkhad Dam (russian: Фархадская ГЭС) (also known as Dam-16) is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Spitamen in Sughd Province, Tajikistan. It is a part of the Naryn-Syr Darya Cascade. The dam is located on the territor ...
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Golovnaya Dam
The Golovnaya Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River just east of Sarband in Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. It serves to provide water to a system of irrigation canals and generate hydroelectric power. The first generator was commi ...
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Kayrakkum Dam
The Kayrakkum Dam (russian: Кайраккумская ГЭС; tg, НБО Қайроққум), also spelt variously as Kayrakum, Kairakum, Qayraqqum or Qayroqqum, is an embankment dam on the Syr Darya River near the town of Kayrakkum in Sughd Prov ...
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Kayrakkum Reservoir
Kayrakkum Reservoir ( Tajik: Обанбори Қайроққум; Russian: Кайраккумское водохранилище), also spelled variously as Qayroqqum, Qayraqqum, Kayrakum or Kairakum, is a large artificial lake in Ghafurov Distric ...
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Nurek Dam
The Nurek Dam (russian: Нурекская ГЭС; Tajik: Нерӯгоҳи обии Норак, ''Nerūgohi obii Norak'', Tajik for Nurek Hydro-electric Station) is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Its primary purpo ...
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Rogun Dam
The Roghun Dam (russian: Рогунская ГЭС; tg, Нерӯгоҳи барқи обии Роғун) is an embankment dam under construction on the Vakhsh River in southern Tajikistan. The dam is situated 110 km from Dushanbe. It is one ...
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Sangtuda 1 Dam
Sangtuda 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant (russian: Сангтудинская ГЭС-1; tg, Нерӯгоҳи барқи обии Сангтӯда-1) is a hydroelectric power plant, located on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. Construction commenced du ...
Usoi Dam
The Usoi Dam is a natural landslide dam along the Murghab River in Tajikistan. At high, it is the tallest dam in the world, either natural or man-made. The dam was created on February 18, 1911, when the 7.4- Ms Sarez earthquake caused a massive ...
Andijan Dam
The Andijan Dam is a buttress dam on the river Kara Darya near Andijan in Andijan Region, Uzbekistan. Its reservoir covers and stretches into neighboring Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan. The dam serves several purposes to include irrigation in the Fergana ...
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Farkhad Dam
The Farkhad Dam (russian: Фархадская ГЭС) (also known as Dam-16) is a hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Spitamen in Sughd Province, Tajikistan. It is a part of the Naryn-Syr Darya Cascade. The dam is located on the territor ...
Kurobe Dam
The or , is a high variable-radius arch dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The tallest dam in Japan, it supports the 335 MW Kurobe No. 4 Hydropower Plant and is owned by Kansai Electric Power Company. It was constructed betwe ...
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Hwanggang Dam
Hwanggang Dam ( ko, 황강댐) is a hydroelectric dam on the Imjin River in Tosan County, North Korea. Located approximately north of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, the dam has an estimated capacity of .
Construction began in 2002 and was com ...
Wiwon Dam
The Wiwon Dam or Weiyuan Dam is a gravity dam on the Yalu River between China and North Korea. It is located southwest of Ji'an in Jilin Province, China and Wiwon in Chagang Province, North Korea. It was constructed between 1979 and 1987. The ...
Andong Dam
The Andong Dam is an embankment dam on the Nakdong River, east of Andong in Gyeongsangbuk-do province, South Korea.
The purpose of the dam is flood control, water supply and hydroelectric power generation. Construction of the dam began in 19 ...
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Chungju Dam
The Chungju Dam is a gravity dam on the Namhan River, northeast of Chungju in Chungcheongbuk-do Province, South Korea. The purpose of the dam is flood control, water supply and hydroelectric
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is el ...
Hantangang Dam
The Hantangang Dam is a gravity dam on the Hantan River in Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Construction on the dam began in 2007 and completed in 2015. The primary purpose of the dam is flood control : it was proposed in 1998 aft ...
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Hwacheon Dam
Hwacheon Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the North Han (Pukhan) River in Hwacheon County, Gangwon-do Province, South Korea. The dam was completed in 1944 as a primary source of electricity in southern Korea. It was the focal point of a raid d ...
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Imha Dam
The Imha Dam is an embankment dam on the Banbyeoncheon River, a tributary of the Nakdong River, east of Andong in Gyeongsangbuk-do province, South Korea. The purpose of the dam is flood control, water supply and hydroelectric power generation. ...
Uiam Dam Uiam Dam is a dam in Uiam-ri, Shindong-myeon, Chuncheon, South Korea. It dams the Bukhan River.
Built in 1967, it is operated by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP; ) is a subsidiary of the Korea Electric Power Corpora ...
Imang Dam
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The village is ...
Ulu Tutong Dam
The Ulu Tutong Dam is an embankment dam on the Sungai Tutong River in Tutong District, Brunei. The primary purpose of the dam is to increase water supply in Tutong and Brunei-Muara Districts by as much as annually. It has a normal reservoir volum ...
Bili-bili Dam
The Bili-Bili Dam is located in Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, on the Jeneberang River, about 30 km from the city of Makassar. It serves several purposes to include flood control, irrigation and hydroelectric power generation. The dam ...
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# Cacaban Dam, Tegal, Central Java
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Gajah Mungkur Dam
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# Gondang Dam, Lamongan, East Java
# Jatigede Dam, Sumedang, West Java
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Jatiluhur Dam The Jatiluhur Dam is a multi-purpose embankment dam on the Citarum River in West Java, Indonesia. It is located east of Jakarta, close to the medium-size town of Purwakarta.
Jatiluhur Dam was designed by Coyne et Bellier and was constructed betw ...
Saguling Dam
The Saguling Dam is an embankment dam on the headwater of Citarum River in West Java, Indonesia
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Air Itam Dam
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Bakun Dam
The Bakun Dam is an embankment dam located in Belaga District, Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, on the Balui River, a tributary or source of the Rajang River and some sixty kilometres east of Belaga. As part of the project, the second talle ...
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Batang Ai Dam
The Batang Ai Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam in Batang Ai National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia. The power station comprises four turbines, totalling the installed capacity to . The station is operated by Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporati ...
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Batu Dam
Batu Dam ( ms, Empangan Batu) is one of the major dams of Klang Valley located in Selangor, Malaysia. The dam is a water supply dam. The dam holding capacity is 30,199 ML. The Sungai Batu water treatment plant produces 114 ML per day of treated ...
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Bekok Dam
Bekok is a mukim in Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia. It is the western entrance to Endau Rompin National Park and has a waterfall known as Sungai Bantang Waterfall. Bekok also houses several aborigine settlements ''(Perkampungan Orang Asli)'', s ...
Kenyir Dam
Sultan Mahmud Power Station or Kenyir Dam (Malay: Empangan Kenyir) is the hydroelectric dam which forms Kenyir Lake, Terengganu, Malaysia. It is located 50 km southwest of Kuala Terengganu on the Kenyir River. The project is a multipurpose h ...
Klang Gates Dam
Klang Gates Dam (Malay: ''Empangan Klang Gates'') is a dam in Ulu Klang, Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is also known as the Bukit Tabur Dam. Completed in 1958, the dam is the first dam in Malaysia for water supply. It is a concrete arch ...
Murum Dam
The Murum Dam is a gravity dam on the Murum River in Sarawak, Malaysia. Construction began in 2008. The dam's reservoir began to fill in July 2013 and the first generator was commissioned in December 2014. The fourth and final turbine began oper ...
Temenggor Dam
The Temengor Dam or Temengor Hydro-Electric Project or Temengor Power Station is a dam in Gerik, Perak, Malaysia. It is located on Perak River about 200 km northeast of Ipoh. Construction of the dam impounded Temenggor Lake.
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Ambuklao Dam
Ambuklao Dam is part of a hydroelectric facility in Baragay Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet province in the Philippines. With a maximum water storage capacity of , the facility, which is located from Baguio city, can produce up to 105 megawatts of ele ...
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Angat Dam
Angat Dam () is a concrete water reservoir embankment hydroelectric dam that supplies Metro Manila and nearby provinces with water. It was a part of the Angat- Ipo- La Mesa water system. The reservoir supplies about 90 percent of raw water requ ...
Binga Dam
Binga Dam is a dam in Agno River connected to a hydroelectric power plant situated at Barrio Binga, Barangay Tinongdan in the municipality of Itogon in Benguet province of the Philippines.
The dam was constructed in August 1956 and opened in Ma ...
Bustos Dam
Bustos Dam also known as Angat Afterbay Regulator Dam is a small irrigation dam at Bustos, Bulacan is often mistaken by the locals as Angat Dam since it is located close to the nearby town of Angat. The project is located at Barangay Tibagan, Bus ...
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Caliraya Dam
Caliraya Dam is an embankment dam located in the town of Lumban province of Laguna, in the Sierra Madre Mountain Range of the Philippines. The reservoir created by the dam, Lake Caliraya, initially supplied one of the oldest hydroelectric pl ...
Ipo Dam
Ipo Dam is a concrete water reservoir gravity dam found in the Philippines. The dam is located about 7.5 kilometres downstream of the Angat Dam within the Angat Watershed Forest Reserve in Norzagaray, Bulacan province. It was a part of the Anga ...
La Mesa Dam
The La Mesa Dam and Reservoir is an earth dam in Quezon City, Philippines. Its reservoir can hold up to , occupying an area of . It is part of the Angat- Ipo-La Mesa water system, which supplies most of the water supply of Metro Manila.
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Magat Dam
Magat Dam is a large rock-fill dam in the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The dam is located along the Magat River, a major tributary of Cagayan River. The construction of the dam started in 1975 and was completed in 1982. It is one of the l ...
Pantabangan Dam
Pantabangan Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Pampanga River located in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija province of the Philippines. The multi-purpose dam provides water for irrigation and hydroelectric power generat ...
Wawa Dam
Wawa Dam (also known as Montalban Dam) is a gravity dam constructed over the Marikina River in the municipality of Rodriguez in Rizal province, Philippines. The slightly arched dam is situated in the high Montalban Gorge or Wawa Gorge, a wate ...
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Bhumibol Dam
The Bhumibol Dam (''formerly known as the'' Yanhi Dam) is a concrete arch dam on the Ping River, a tributary of the Chao Phraya River, in Sam Ngao District of Tak Province, Thailand. It is about north of Bangkok and was built for the purposes of ...
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Chao Phraya Dam
The Chao Phraya Dam ( th, เขื่อนเจ้าพระยา, , ) is a barrage dam in Sapphaya district, Chai Nat province, Thailand. It regulates the flow of the Chao Phraya River as it passes into lower central Thailand
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Chulabhorn Dam
Chulabhorn Dam (เขื่อนจุฬาภรณ์) is a dam in Tambon Thung Lui Lai, Khon San District, Chaiyaphum Province, Thailand. It impounds the Phrom River, a tributary of the Mekong. The dam has diverted the Nam Phrong River. As ...
Mae Wong Dam
The Mae Wong Dam ( th, เขื่อนแม่วงก์, , ) is a planned embankment dam on the Mae Wong River, a tributary of the Sakae Krang River, in Mae Wong District of Nakhon Sawan Province in western Thailand. The purpose of the dam i ...
Pa Sak Jolasid Dam
The Pa Sak Jolasid Dam or Pa Sak Cholasit Dam ( th, เขื่อนป่าสักชลสิทธิ์, ) impounds the Pa Sak River at Ban Kaeng Suea Ten, Tambon Nong Bua, Phatthana Nikhom District, Lopburi Province, and Ban Kham Phra ...
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Pak Mun Dam
The Pak Mun Dam ( th, เขื่อนปากมูล, , ) is a barrage dam and run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant 5.5 km west of the confluence of the Mun and Mekong Rivers in Khong Chiam District, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thail ...
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Rasi Salai Dam
The Rasi Salai Dam ( th, เขื่อนราษีไศล, , ) is a dam in Rasi Salai District, Sisaket Province, Thailand, constructed in 1992. It was constructed by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) with assistan ...
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Sirikit Dam
Queen Sirikit ( th, สิริกิติ์; ; ); born ''Mom Rajawongse'' Sirikit Kitiyakara ( th, สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร; ; 12 August 1932) is the queen mother of Thailand. She was Queen of Thailand as the wif ...
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Sirindhorn Dam
The Sirindhorn Dam is in Sirindhorn District, Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand. It impounds the Lam Dom Noi River, and its reservoir is the province's largest water resource. The dam was commissioned in 1971 to serve as a hydropower facility as well a ...
Vajiralongkorn Dam
Vajiralongkorn Dam ( th, เขื่อนวชิราลงกรณ; ), also called the Khao Laem Dam (), is a concrete-faced rock-fill dam (CFRD) in Thong Pha Phum District in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. The dam lies across the Khwae Noi Riv ...
Hòa Bình Dam
The Hòa Bình Dam on the Black River () is the largest hydroelectric dam in Vietnam from 1994 to 2012 (this record was broken by Sơn La Dam), and one of the largest in Southeast Asia, with a generating capacity of . The Sông Đà Reservoir, ...
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Lai Châu Dam
The Lai Châu Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Black River inaugurated on 20 December 2016 in Nậm Nhùn District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam. The owner of the power station is Vietnam Electricity.
Dam was designed by Hydroproject, a Russian ...
Sơn La Dam
Sơn La Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Black River in Ít Ong, Mường La District, Sơn La Province, Vietnam. It is the largest hydroelectric power station in Southeast Asia.
History
The project was proposed in the 1970s. Several stu ...
Kaptai Dam
Kaptai Dam ( bn, কাপ্তাই বাঁধ) is on the Karnaphuli River at Kaptai, upstream from Chittagong in Rangamati District, Bangladesh. It is an earth-fill embankment dam with a reservoir (known as Kaptai Lake) water storage ca ...
Koshi Barrage
The Koshi Barrage is a sluice across the Koshi river that carries vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between Saptari district and Sunsari district of Nepal. It is near the International border with India. It was built between 1958 and 196 ...
West Seti Dam
The West Seti Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Seti River in the Far-Western Development Region of Nepal. The power station would be located approximately upstream of the Seti River confluence with the Karnali River, with the dam site l ...
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Tarbela Dam
Tarbela Dam (, ) is an earth-filled dam along the Indus River in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Located mainly in the Swabi district of the province, The dam is about from the city of Swabi, northwest of Islamabad, and east of Peshawa ...
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Mangla Dam
The Mangla Dam ( ur, ) is a multipurpose dam situated on the Jhelum River in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir. It is the sixth-largest dam in the world. The village of Mangla, which sits at the mouth of the dam, serves as its namesake. I ...
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Khanpur Dam
Khanpur Dam is a dam located on the Haro River in Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa about 50 km from Islamabad. It forms Khanpur Lake, a reservoir which supplies drinking water to Islamabad and Rawalpindi and irrigation water to many of the a ...
Mirani Dam
Miraani Dam ( ur, ). Dasht River south of the Central Makran Range in Kech District in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Its reservoir is fed by the Kech River and the Nihing River. Mirani Dam was completed in July 2006 and began impounding th ...
Gomal Zam Dam
Gomal Zam Dam ( ur, ) is a multi-purpose gravity dam in South Waziristan Tribal District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The dam impounds the Gomal River, a tributary of the Indus River, at Khjori Kach, where the Gomal River passes through a na ...
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Hub Dam
Hub Dam ( ur, ) is a reservoir on the Hub River. It is situated 56 km from Karachi city in Karachi and Hub District on Sindh and Balochistan provinces border. The dam is extended to 24300 acres with gross storage capacity of 857000 acre ...
Aras Dam
The Aras Dam ( az, Araz su anbarı; fa, سد ارس) is an embankment dam on the Aras River along the border of Iran and Azerbaijan. It is located downstream of Poldasht in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran and Nakhchivan City in Nakhchivan Autono ...
Mingachevir Dam
The Mingachevir Dam (Mingachevir Hydro Power Station) is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Kura River just north of Mingachevir in Azerbaijan. It serves several purposes to include hydroelectric power production and water storage for irrigatio ...
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Mingachevir reservoir
The Mingachevir reservoir ( az, Mingəçevir su anbarı) or The Mingachevir sea ( az, Mingəçevir dənizi),) is a large reservoir in northwestern Azerbaijan. It is the largest reservoir in the Caucasus. The reservoir's filling began in 1953 and w ...
Shamkir reservoir
The Shamkir reservoir ( az, Şəmkir su anbarı) is a large reservoir in the Shamkir Rayon of northwestern Azerbaijan. It is the
second largest reservoir in the Caucasus after the Mingachevir reservoir.
Overview
The Shamkir reservoir was built o ...
Yenikend reservoir
The Yenikend reservoir ( az, Yenikənd su anbarı) is a large reservoir in the Shamkir Rayon of northwestern Azerbaijan. It is the third largest reservoir in the Caucasus after the Mingachevir and Shamkir reservoirs.
Overview
Yenikend reservoir ...
Yeruham Dam
Tel-Yeruham Dam, also known as, Yeruham Dam is a masonry dam situated on the Revivim Stream, a tributary of the HaBesor Stream, in Yeruham, Southern District, Israel. The dam has many purposes which include flood control, irrigation, municipal wat ...
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Al-Wehda Dam
The Al-Wehda Dam (سد الوحدة, Sadd Al-Weḥda, Unity Dam), formerly known as Maqarin Dam, is a roller-compacted concrete gravity dam on the Yarmouk River on the border between Syria and Jordan. It can hold up to of water and is designe ...
King Talal Dam
The King Talal Dam is a large dam in the hills of northern Jordan, across the Zarqa River. The dam was started in 1971, with the original construction being completed in 1978 at a height of 92.5 meters. The original dam cost $46 million and was p ...
Baysh Dam
The Baysh Dam is a gravity dam on Wadi Baysh about northeast of Baysh in the Jizan Region of southwestern Saudi Arabia. The dam has many purposes to include flood control, irrigation and groundwater recharge
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Fatima Dam
Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, ...
King Fahad Dam
The King Fahad Dam, previously known as Bisha Dam, is a gravity dam on Wadi Bisha about south of Bisha in the 'Asir Region of southwestern Saudi Arabia. The dam has many purposes to include flood control, municipal water supply, irrigation and g ...
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Murwani Dam
Murwani Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam crossing wadi Murwani in Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia. It is located about 100 km northeast of Jeddah.
The 263 mio. SR contract to build the dam was awarded to ''Yuksel Insaat Saudia Co Ltd.'', a subs ...
Baath Dam
The Baath Dam ( ar, سد البعث, lit=Dam of the Renaissance, ku, Bendava Baas, syc, ܣܟܪܐ ܕܒܥܬ, Sekro d'Ba'ath) is a dam on the Euphrates, located upstream from the city of Raqqa in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. Construction of the dam s ...
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Halabiye Dam
The Halabiye Dam (or Zalabiye Dam) is a proposed dam on the Euphrates in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. It will be the fourth and most southern dam on the Syrian Euphrates, after the Tishrin Dam, the Tabqa Dam and the Baath Dam. Project
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Tabqa Dam
The Tabqa Dam ( ar, سَدُّ الطَّبْقَةِ, Sadd aṭ-Ṭabqah, ku, Bendava Tebqa; syc, ܣܟܪܐ ܕܛܒܩܗ, Sekro d'Tabqa), or al-Thawra Dam as it is also named ( ar, سَدُّ الثَّوْرَةِ, Sadd aṯ-Ṯawrah, ku, Bendav ...
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Tishrin Dam
The Tishrin Dam ( ar, سد تشرين, Sadd Tišrīn, lit=October Dam, ku, بەنداڤا تشرین, Bendava Tişrîn, syc, ܣܟܪܐ ܕܬܫܪܝܢ, Sekro d'Teshrin) is a dam on the Euphrates, located east of Aleppo in Aleppo Governorate, Syri ...
Wadi Ham Dam Wadi Ham is a wadi, a seasonal watercourse, in the Hajar Mountains of Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
The wadi runs from Masafi towards Fujairah City, until it reaches the Wadi Ham Dam and the Gulf of Oman. The wadi is crossed ...
Marib Dam
The Marib Dam ( ar, سَدّ مَأْرِب ', or ar, سُدّ مَأْرِب ') is a modern dam blocking the ''Wadi'' or Valley of Adhanah (, also ''Dhanah'' ) in the Balaq Hills, located in the Ma'rib Governorate in Yemen. The current dam was ...
Lake Engolasters
Lake Engolasters, in the Encamp parish of Andorra, is an oblong shaped lake at an elevation of . formed in a glacial depression. It is located close to Andorra La Vella, the capital of Andorra.
The lake water is deep blue and is drained by a drai ...
Gileppe Dam
The Gileppe Dam (French ''Barrage de la Gileppe'') is an arch-gravity dam on the Gileppe river in Jalhay, Liège province, Wallonia, Belgium. It was built in the 1870s to supply water for the wool industry in nearby Verviers. The monumental structu ...
Rama Dam
The Rama Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Rama river, a tributary of the Neretva river, about southwest of the town of Prozor in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dam and its hydropower plant are operated b ...
Peruća Lake
Lake Peruća or Peruča ( hr, Jezero Peruča or ') is the second largest artificial lake in Croatia, after Lake Dubrava. It is located in the Split-Dalmatia County.
Location
Located in inland Dalmatia, south of the source of the River Cetina, ...
Qorlortorsuaq Dam
Qorlortorsuaq Dam is a hydroelectric dam near Qorlortorsuaq in the Nanortalik district of the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It has a capacity of 7.2 MW and it generates power for the neighbouring towns of Qaqortoq and Narsaq.
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Narva Reservoir
Narva Reservoir ( et, Narva veehoidla, russian: На́рвское водохрани́лище) is a reservoir by Narva River, shared by Russia and Estonia.
The reservoir was constructed during 1955–1956, during the Soviet era. It provides wat ...
Imatra Dam
Imatra is a town and municipality in southeastern Finland. Imatra is dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and the border with Russia. On the other side of the border, away from the centre of Imatra, lies the Russian town of Svetogorsk. ...
Lokka Reservoir
The Lokka Reservoir (in Finnish language, Finnish: ''Lokan tekojärvi'', ''Lokan allas'', short form ''Lokka''), is a reservoir, upstream of the Luiro River in Sodankylä, in northern Finland. Depending on the water level, its area ranges from 21 ...
Zhinvali Dam
The Zhinvali Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Aragvi River in the Caucasus Mountains in Zhinvali, Georgia. The Zhinvali Hydroelectric Power Plant has two turbines with a nominal capacity of 65 MW each having a total capacity of 130 MW.
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Kremasta Dam
The Kremasta Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Achelous River in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is located just downstream of where the Agrafiotis, Tavropos and Trikeriotis rivers meet to form the Achelous. The dam was constructed betw ...
Mornos Dam
The Mornos ( el, Μόρνος) is a river in Phocis and Aetolia-Acarnania in Greece. It is long. Its source is in the southwestern part of the Oiti mountains, near the village Mavrolithari, Phocis. It flows towards the south, and enters the Morno ...
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Plastiras Dam
The Plastiras Dam ( el, Φράγμα Πλαστήρα) is a concrete arch dam in Karditsa regional unit, Greece that impounds the Tavropos (Megdovas) River, creating an artificial lake called Lake Plastiras.
Name
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Lake Tisza
Lake Tisza ( hu, Tisza-tó), also known as Kisköre Reservoir (Hungarian: ''Kiskörei-víztározó''), is the largest artificial lake in Hungary. It is located at the southeastern edge of Heves county, next to counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Ha ...
Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant
Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant ( is, Kárahnjúkavirkjun ), officially called Fljótsdalur Power Station ( is, Fljótsdalsstöð ) is a hydroelectric power plant in Fljótsdalshérað municipality in eastern Iceland, designed to produce annuall ...
Þórisvatn
Þórisvatn (; sometimes anglicized to Thorisvatn) is the largest lake of Iceland, situated at the south end of Sprengisandur highland road within the highlands of Iceland.
It is a reservoir of a surface about 88 km2 and uses the energy of ...
Carrigadrohid
Carrigadrohid () is a townland and village in the parish of Aghinagh, County Cork, Ireland. It is situated on the north bank of the River Lee, with the nearby village of Canovee to the south. Carrigadrohid is part of the Dáil constituency of ...
Inniscarra Dam
Inniscarra Dam is a buttress dam located on the River Lee in the civil parish of Inniscarra in County Cork, Ireland. Construction of the dam started in February 1953 and resulted in the formation of the Inniscarra Reservoir. The dam is owned and o ...
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Poulaphouca Reservoir
Poulaphouca Reservoir, officially Pollaphuca (), is an active reservoir (for both water supply and electricity generation) and area of wild bird conservation in west County Wicklow, Ireland named after the Poulaphouca waterfall on its south-west ...
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Turlough Hill
Turlough Hill (), also known as Tomaneena (), is a mountain in County Wicklow in Ireland and site of Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant. The power station is owned and operated by the ESB and can generate up to of electricit ...
Ponte Cola Dam
Ponte, a word meaning ''bridge'' in Italian, Portuguese, and Galician languages, may refer to:
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England
*Pontefract, a town in the Metropolitan City of Wakefield
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* Ponte Leccia, a civil parish (hameau) in the department of Haute-Co ...
Vajont Dam
The Vajont Dam (or Vaiont Dam) is a disused dam in northern Italy. It is one of the tallest dams in the world, with a height of . It is in the valley of the Vajont River under Monte Toc, in the municipality of Erto e Casso, north of Venice ...
Kaunas Reservoir
Kaunas Reservoir ( lt, Kauno marios, Kaunas Lagoon, Kaunas Sea) is the largest Lithuanian artificial lake, created in 1959 by damming the Nemunas River near Kaunas and Rumšiškės. It occupies 63.5 square kilometers, which is about 0.1% of the to ...
Vianden Pumped Storage Plant
The Vianden Pumped Storage Plant is located just north of Vianden in Diekirch District, Luxembourg. The power plant uses the pumped-storage hydroelectric method to generate electricity and serves as a peaking power plant. Its lower reservoir is l ...
Mratinje Dam
The Mratinje Dam ( cnr, Брана Мратиње, Brana Mratinje) is a concrete arch dam in the canyon of the Piva River in Montenegro.
The dam was completed in 1975 with designs by Energoprojekt. Its construction resulted in the flooding of the ...
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Afsluitdijk
The ''Afsluitdijk'' (; fry, Ofslútdyk; nds-nl, Ofsluutdiek; en, "Closure Dyke") is a major dam and causeway in the Netherlands. It was constructed between 1927 and 1932 and runs from Den Oever in North Holland province to the village of ...
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Delta Works
The Delta Works ( nl, Deltawerken) is a series of construction projects in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land around the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta from the sea. Constructed between 1954 and 1997, the works con ...
Oosterscheldekering
The Oosterscheldekering ( English: Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier), between the islands Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland, is the largest of the Delta Works, a series of dams and storm surge barriers, designed to protect the Netherlands ...
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Philipsdam
Philipsdam is a dam that is part of the Delta Works in the Netherlands. It separates water of the lakes Krammer and Volkerak from the Oosterschelde. This dam connects the Grevelingendam to Sint Philipsland.
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Sloedam
The Sloedam was a dam, connecting the Dutch islands Zuid-Beveland and Walcheren near the town of Arnemuiden. Before the dam was constructed, these islands were separated by a stretch of water called the Sloe. The Sloedam was constructed in 1871 for ...
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Zuiderzee Works
The Zuiderzee Works ( nl, Zuiderzeewerken) is a man-made system of dams and dikes, land reclamation and water drainage work, in total the largest hydraulic engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands during the twentieth century. The proj ...
Lake Debar
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Debar Lake ( mk, Дебарско Езеро , translit=Debarsko Ezero; sq, Liqeni i Dibrës) is an artificial lake in the western portion of North Macedonia near the town of Debar after which it is named. A dam at Špilje blocks the Bl ...
Ringedals Dam
Ringedals Dam is a gravity dam by Ringedalsvatnet at Tyssedal in Odda municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The dam was built in stages between 1909 and 1918 in connection with the hydroelectric power plant in Tyssedal and the facto ...
Virdnejávri
Virdnejávri is a lake in the municipality of Kautokeino-Guovdageaidnu in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The lake is a man-made lake located on the river Kautokeinoelva which flows over the Finnmarksvidda plateau. The dam at the northern end ...
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , p ...
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Liptovská Mara
Liptovská Mara () is a reservoir in northern Slovakia, on the Váh river near Liptovský Mikuláš, in the Liptov region. The dam is named after one of the inundated villages.
It was built in 1965–1975. The area of the reservoir is 22 km ...
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Váh
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Tajchy
Tajchy (singular: tajch, from German ''Teich'') are artificial water reservoirs in the Štiavnica Mountains, in central Slovakia. Most of them were built in order to provide energy for the silver mines of Banská Štiavnica in the 18th century. A ...
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Štiavnica Mountains
The Štiavnica Mountains (also Štiavnické Mountains; sk, Štiavnické vrchy, ) are a volcanic mountain range southern central Slovakia. They are part of Inner Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains. The area is protected ...
Ondava
The Ondava is a river in eastern Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog. Its source is in the Low Beskids (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Nižná Polianka, close to the border with Poland. The Ondava flows south throu ...
Laborec
The Laborec ( ukr, Лаборець; hu, Laborc) is a river in eastern Slovakia that flows through the districts of Medzilaborce, Humenné, and Michalovce in the Košice Region, and the Prešov Region. The river drains the Laborec Highlands. ...
Slovenia
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# Podselo Dam
# Solkan Dam
# Vuhred Dam
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Alcántara Dam
The Alcántara Dam, also known as the José María de Oriol Dam, is a buttress dam on the Tagus River near Alcántara in the province of Cáceres, Spain. It is named after the politician and captain of the Spanish electricity industry José Mar ...
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El Atazar Dam
El Atazar Dam is an arch dam built near Madrid, Spain on the Lozoya River, very close to where the Lozoya joins the Jarama. The curved design of the dam is optimum for the narrow gorge in which it was built to retain water in the reservoir. Arch ...
Talarn Dam
Talarn () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Pallars Jussà in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the centre of the Tremp basin, on the Noguera Pallaresa river below the Sant Antoni reservoir. It is the site of a hydroelectric power s ...
Yesa Reservoir
The Yesa Reservoir is located in the Pyrenees, and is formed with the damming of the Aragon River, in the Navarre town of Yesa (Spain), although the largest area of the reservoir is located in the province of Zaragoza, extending from east to west. ...
Suorva
Suorva () or Suorvadammen ("the Suorva Dam") is a small settlement situated at the southern parts of Akkajaure, in Stora Sjöfallet National Park, Sweden. The settlement can be reached by car (and bus, from Gällivare). It consists of a few hous ...
Chalillo Dam The Chalillo Dam is a gravity dam on the Macal River about south of San Ignacio in Cayo District, Belize. Chalillo Dam's maximum capacity is 7.0MW. The dam was constructed by Sinohydro of Beijing, China between 2002 and 2005 with the primary pu ...
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Lake Arenal
Lake Arenal ( es, Lago Arenal) is a lake which is situated in the northern highlands of Costa Rica. It is currently the largest lake in Costa Rica at . Its depth varies between 30 and 60 meters (100–200 feet) seasonally.
The town of Are ...
Jibacoa Dam
Jibacoa, or more properly Playa Jibacoa, is a fishing village in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba. It is located in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, at the mouth of the Jibacoa River, 60 km east of Havana
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Nuevo Mundo Dam
The Nuevo Mundo Dam is an embankment dam on the Moa River about south of Moa in Holguín Province, Cuba. The purpose of the dam is municipal water supply and hydroelectric
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Zaza Dam
The Zaza Dam is an embankment dam on the Zaza River about southwest of Sancti Spíritus in Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba. The dam was completed in 1972 with the primary purpose of irrigation but it also supports a small hydroelectric power st ...
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
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Cerrón Grande Dam
The Cerrón Grande Hydroelectric Dam (Spanish: ''Central Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande'') spans the Lempa River north of San Salvador in the municipalities of Potonico, ( Chalatenango) and Jutiapa ( Cabañas) in El Salvador.
The concrete gra ...
# El Cajón Dam (Honduras), El Cajón
# :es:Central hidroeléctrica Francisco Morazán, Francisco Morazan
Jamaica
#Hermitage Dam
#Mona Dam Mona Dam
#Rio Beuno Dam
#Rio Cobre Dam
Mexico
# Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Dam
# Aguamilpa Dam
# Álvaro Obregón Dam
# Amistad Dam
# Angostura Dam (Mexico), Angostura Dam
# Cerro de Oro Dam
# Chicoasén Dam
# El Cajón Dam (Mexico), El Cajón Dam
# Emilio López Zamora dam
# Falcon Dam
# Huites Dam
# Infiernillo Dam
# International Diversion Dam
# La Boquilla Dam
# La Yesca Dam
# Lago Colina Dam
# Lake Amistad Dam International Crossing
# :es:Presa Lázaro Cárdenas, Lázaro Cárdenas Dam
# Malpaso Dam
# Miguel Alemán Dam
# Morelos Dam
# Ojo de Agua Dam
# Peñitas Dam
# San Jerónimo Dam
# Zimapán Dam
Nicaragua
#El Dorado Dam - Lake Asturias
#Mancotal Dam - Lake Apanás
#Tumarín Dam
#Virgen Dam
Panama
# Barro Blanco Dam
# Bayano Dam
# Bonyic Dam
# Changuinola Dam
# Fortuna Dam
# Gatun Dam
# Madden Dam
# Panama Canal
Puerto Rico
# Carraizo Dam
# Portugues Dam
Saint Lucia
# John Compton Dam
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Oceania
Australia
Fiji
# Monasavu Dam
# Nadarivatu Dam
# Vaturu Dam
New Caledonia
# Néaoua Dam
# Tu Dam
# Yaté Dam
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
# Yonki Dam
South America
Argentina
# Agua del Toro Dam
# Alicurá Dam, Alicurá
# Arroyito Dam, Arroyito
# Arroyo Corto Dam
# Blas Brisoli Dam
# Caracoles Dam
# Casa de Piedra Dam
# Cerro Pelado Dam
# El Chocón Dam, Chocón
# El Cajón Dam (Argentina), El Cajón Dam
# Ingeniero Ballester Dam
# Jorge Cepernic Dam
# La Viña Dam
# Loma de la Lata Dam
# Los Caracoles Dam
# Los Molinos Dam, Los Molinos
# Mari - Menuco Dam
# Néstor Kirchner Dam
# Pichi Picún Leufú Dam, Pichi Picún Leufú
# Piedra del Águila Dam, Piedra del Aguila
# Planicie Banderita Dam
# Portezuelo Dam
# Punta Negra Dam
# Quebrada de Ullúm Dam
# Salto Grande Dam, Salto Grande (shared with Uruguay)
# San Roque Lake, San Roque
# Yaciretá Dam (shared with Paraguay)
Bolivia
# Inkachaka Dam
# Milluni Lake
# Misicuni Dam
# Warawara Lake (Cochabamba)
Brazil
Chile
# Aromos
# Calabocillo
# Embalse Cogotí, Cogotí
# Colbún Lake, Colbún
# Embalse Convento Viejo, Convento Viejo
# Digua
# Embalse El Yeso, El Yeso
# La Invernada
# Embalse La Paloma, La Paloma
# Laja Lake, Lago Laja
# Laguna del Maule
# Machicura
# Melado
# Pangue Dam, Pangue
# Polcura
# Tranque Puclaro, Puclaro
# Ralco
# Lake Rapel, Rapel
# Embalse Recoleta, Recoleta
# Embalse Santa Juana, Santa Juana
# Vega Larga
Colombia
# Alberto Lleras Dam
# Calima Lake
# Chingaza Dam
# El Quimbo Dam
# Guaicaramo Dam
# Ituango Dam
# La Esmeralda Dam
# Miel I Dam
# Porce III Dam
# Punchiná Dam
# Salvajina Dam
# Sogamoso Dam
Ecuador
# Mazar Dam
# Paute Dam
French Guiana
# Petit-Saut Dam
Guyana
# Amaila Dam
Paraguay
# Itaipu Dam (shared with Brazil)
# Yaciretá Dam (shared with Argentina)
Peru
# Antamina Tailings Dam
# Olmos Transandino Project, Limon Dam
# Upamayu Dam
Suriname
# Afobaka Dam
# Brokopondo Reservoir
Uruguay
# Salto Grande Dam, Salto Grande (shared with Argentina)
Venezuela
#Caruachi Dam
#Guri Dam
#Macagua Dam
#Tocoma Dam
See also
* List of reservoirs by volume
* List of reservoirs by surface area
* List of largest dams
* List of world's tallest dams
* List of hydropower stations in Africa
* List of lakes
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