List of largest dams

The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. A dam is generally defined as a barrier that impounds water or underground flows, so tailings dams are relegated to a separate list. Data on volume of structure is not as readily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.

Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity

Rank	Name	Country	Year completed	Structure volume (106 m3)	Structure height (m)	Reservoir volume (109 m3)	Installed capacity (MW)	Type
1	Tarbela Dam[1]	Pakistan	1976	153	143	13.7	4,888	TE/ER
2	Fort Peck Dam[2]	United States	1940	96	76.4	23	185	TE
3	Atatürk Dam[3]	Turkey	1990	84.5	166	48.7	2,400	TE/ER
4	Houtribdijk	Netherlands	1968	78[4]	13	2[5]	0	TE/ER
5	Oahe Dam[2]	United States	1963	70.3	75	29	786	TE/ER
6	Mangla Dam	Pakistan	1967	65.4	147	7.25	1,000	TE or TE/ER
7	Gardiner Dam[6]	Canada	1967	65.4	64	9.4	186	TE
8	Oroville Dam	United States	1968	59.6	230	4.36	819	TE/ER
9	San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam)	United States	1967	59.6	93	2.52	424	TE
10	Nurek Dam	Tajikistan	1980	54	300	10.5	3,200	TE
11	Samara Dam	Russia	1955	54[4]	52	57.3	2,315	TE or ER
12	Garrison Dam[2]	United States	1954	50.8	64	29	583.3	TE
13	Cochiti Dam	United States	1975	50.2	76.5	0.73	NA	TE
14	Aswan Dam[7]	Egypt	1970	44.3	111	169	2,100	TE/ER
15	W. A. C. Bennett Dam	Canada	1968	43.7	186	7.4	2,876	TE
16	San Roque Dam	Philippines	2003	40[8]	200	0.835	345	TE or ER
17	Fort Randall Dam[2]	United States	1953	38.2	50.3	6.7	320	TE/ER
18	Afsluitdijk	Netherlands	1932	36.5[4]	13	5.5	0	TE/ER
19	Kölnbrein Dam	Austria	1979	35.2	200	0.2	1,028.5	TE
20	Guri Dam	Venezuela	1978	29.8	162	135	10,235	PG/ER
21	Three Gorges Dam	China	2008	27.4[9]	181	39.3	22,500	PG
22	Indira Sagar Dam	India	2005	12.2	92	9.75	1,000	PG

List of largest tailings dams

Type: TE - Earth; ER - Rock-fill; PG - Concrete gravity; CFRD - Concrete face rock fill.

Rank	Name	Country	Year completed	Structure volume [106 m3]	Structure height [m]	Reservoir volume [109 m3]	Installed capacity [MW]	Type
1	Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred MLSB[10]	Canada	1995	540[4]/720	88	0.35	NA	TE
2	Syncrude Tailings Dam#South West Sand Storage (SWSS)[11]	Canada	2010	119[4]	40-50	0.25[4]	NA	TE
3	ASARCO Mission Mine Tailings Dam	United States	1972	40.1	30[12]	0[13]	NA	ER

See also

• List of reservoirs by volume
• List of tallest dams
• List of conventional hydroelectric power stations
• List of largest hydroelectric power stations
• List of megaprojects § Dam and hydroelectric projects