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T able 7.2 The world's highest dams (after International Water Power, 1995)
Rank

Dam Country Completed Dam type Height (m)

1 Nurek Tadjikistan 1980 E 300

2 Grande Dixence Switzerland 1961 G 285

3 Inguri Georgia 1980 A 272

4 Tehri India U/C E/R 261

5 Chicoasén Mexico 1980 E/R 261

6 Mauvoisin Switzerland 1957 A 250

7 Guavio Colombia 1989 E/R 246

8 Sayano-Shushensk Russia 1989 A/G 245

9 Mica Canada 1973 E,/R 242

9 Ertan China 2000 A 240

11 Chivor Colombia 1957 E/R 237

11 Kishau India U/C G 236

13 El Cajon Honduras 1985 A 234

14 Chirkey Russia 1978 A 233

15 Oroville U.S.A. 1968 E 230

16 Bhakra India 1963 G 226

17 Hoover U.S.A. 1936 A/G 221

18 Contra Switzerland 1965 A 220

18 Mrantinje Yugoslavia 1976 A 220

20 Dworshak U.S.A. 1973 G 219

21 Glen Canyon U.S.A. 1966 A 216

22 Toktogul Kyrgyzstan 1978 G 215

Dam types: A = arch; E = earth fill; G = gravity; R = rockfill; U/C = under construction

T able 7.3 Dams with largest capacity reservoirs (after International Water Power, 1995)
Rank Dam Country Completed Reservoir volume (10 9 m 3 )
1 Owen Falls* Uganda 1954 270.0
2 Kakhovskaya Ukraine 1955 182.0
3 Kariba Zimbabwe/Zambia 1959 180.0
4 Bratsk Russia 1964 169.3
5 Aswan High Egypt 1970 168.9
6 Akosombo Ghana 1965 153.0
7 Daniel Johnson Canada 1968 141.8
8 Guri Venezuela 1986 138.0
9 Krasnoyarsk Russia 1967 133.0
10 W.A.C. Bennett Canada 1967 70.3
11 Zeya Russia 1978 68.4
12 Cabora Bassa Ozambique 1974 63.0
13 La Grande 2 Canada 1978 61.7
14 La Grande 3 Canada 1981 60.0
15 Ust-Ilim Russia 1977 59.3
16 Boguchany Russia 1989 58.2
17 Kuibyishev Russia 1955 58.0
18 Serra da Mesa (São Felix) Brazil 1993 54.0
19 Caniapiscau Canada 1981 53.8
20 Bukhtarma Kazakhstan 1960 49.8
*The major part of the lake volume (Lake Victoria) is natural. The 31 m high dam added 270 km 3 of storage to the
existing capacity of the lake