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Indian Dams |
World's Highest Dams, 2000
Source: US Committee on Large Dams of the Intl. Commission on Large Dams
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Name |
Country |
Height (m) above lowest formation |
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20 |
Rogun
Nurek
Grand Dixence
Inguri
Vajont
Manuel M. Torres
Tehri
Alvaro Obregon
Mauvoisin
Alberto Lleraso
Mica
Sayano-Shushensk
Ertan
La Esmeralda
Kishau
El Cajon
Chirkei
Oroville
Bhakra
Hoover |
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Switzerland
Georgia
Italy
Mexico
India
Mexico
Switzerland
Colombia
Cannada
Russia
China
Colombia
India
Honduras
Russia
U.S.
India
U.S. |
335
300
285
272
262
261
261
260
250
243
243
242
240
237
236
234
233
230
226
221 |
World's Largest-Volume Embankment Dams, 2000
Source: US Committee on Large Dams of the Intl. Commission on Large Dams
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Name |
Country |
Volume (Cu. mt x1000) |
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 |
Kambaratinsk
Tarbela
Fort Peck
Tucurul
Ataturk
Yacireta
Rogun
Oahe
Guri
Parambikulam |
Russia
Pakistan
U.S.
Brazil
Turkey
Argentina
Tajikistan
U.S.
Venezuela
India |
construction
148,500
96,050
85,200
85,000
81,000
75,500
70,339
70,000
69,165 |
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Fast Facts:
- India has three dams which rank amongst the 20 highest dams
inthe world.- India's Parambikulam dam ranks in the top ten volume
capacity dams in the world
- India has built 1,554 dams since its independence. |
