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List of largest dams

Last updated March 29, 2026

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.

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	Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ^[2]	Ethiopia	2023	130 (est.)	155	74	5,150 (full)	CFRD
3	Fort Peck Dam ^[3]	United States	1940	96	76.4	23	185	TE
4	Atatürk Dam ^[4]	Turkey	1990	84.5	166	48.7	2,400	TE/ER
5	Houtribdijk	Netherlands	1968	78^[5]	13	2^[6]	0	TE/ER
6	Oahe Dam ^[3]	United States	1963	70.3	75	29	786	TE/ER
7	Mangla Dam	Pakistan	1967	65.4	147	9.12	1,000	TE/ER
8	Gardiner Dam ^[7]	Canada	1967	65.4	64	9.4	186	TE
9	Oroville Dam	United States	1968	59.6	230	4.36	819	TE/ER
10	San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam)	United States	1967	59.6	93	2.52	424	TE
11	Nurek Dam	Tajikistan	1980	54	300	10.5	3,200	TE
12	Samara Dam	Russia	1955	54^[5]	52	57.3	2,315	TE/ER
13	Garrison Dam ^[3]	United States	1954	50.8	64	29	583.3	TE
14	Cochiti Dam	United States	1975	50.2	76.5	0.73	NA	TE
15	Aswan Dam ^[8]	Egypt	1970	44.3	111	169	2,100	TE/ER
16	W. A. C. Bennett Dam	Canada	1968	43.7	186	7.4	2,876	TE
17	San Roque Dam	Philippines	2003	40^[9]	200	0.835	345	CFRD
18	Fort Randall Dam ^[3]	United States	1953	38.2	50.3	6.7	320	TE/ER
19	Afsluitdijk	Netherlands	1932	36.5^[5]	13	5.5	0	TE/ER
20	Guri Dam	Venezuela	1978	29.8	162	135	10,235	PG/ER
21	Three Gorges Dam	China	2008	27.4^[10]	181	39.3	22,500	PG
22	Belo Monte Dam	Brazil	2016	25.4	90	1.9	11,233	PG/ER
23	Itaipu Dam	Brazil Paraguay	1984	12.8^[11]	196	29	14,000	PG
24	Grand Coulee Dam	United States	1942	9.2	168	12	6,809	PG

List of largest tailings dams

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

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^[12]	Canada	1995	540^[5]/720	88	0.35	NA	TE
2	Syncrude Tailings Dam#South West Sand Storage (SWSS) ^[13]	Canada	2010	119^[5]	40–50	0.25^[5]	NA	TE
3	ASARCO Mission Mine Tailings Dam	United States	1972	40.1	30^[14]	0^[15]	NA	ER

References

↑ "Tarbela Dam Project" (PDF). WAPDA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
↑ "Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) – Key Facts". Ethiopian Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
1 2 3 4 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2010-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
1 2 3 4 5 6 Estimate based on height, dimensions from Google Earth and, where available, cross section. Accuracy ±15%
↑ 700 km² × 3 m
↑ "South Saskatchewan River Project|Fact Sheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
↑ "Embankment dams | Structurae". En.structurae.de. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
↑ "San Roque Dam". NAPOCOR. Archived from the original on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
↑ Wieland, Martin; Ren, Qingwen; Tan, John S. Y. (14 May 2014). New Developments in Dam Engineering. CRC Press. ISBN 9780203020678 . Retrieved 2015-07-25.
↑ "The Project of the Century" (PDF). Itaipu Binacional. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
↑ D. Nicol (1994) "The Syncrude Mildred Lake Tailings Dyke Redesign", 18th Int. Congr. Large Dams.
↑ "Microsoft Word - Baseline Report on Fluid Deposits revE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
↑ Estimate based on structure volume and dimensions from Google Earth
↑ Zero reservoir size because full of tailings

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[1] "Tarbela Dam Project" (PDF). WAPDA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

[2] "Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) – Key Facts". Ethiopian Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-30.

[Missouri-3] 1 2 3 4 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2022-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2010-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[Estimate-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Estimate based on height, dimensions from Google Earth and, where available, cross section. Accuracy ±15%

[6] 700 km² × 3 m

[7] "South Saskatchewan River Project|Fact Sheet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-16.

[8] "Embankment dams | Structurae". En.structurae.de. Retrieved 2011-02-16.

[9] "San Roque Dam". NAPOCOR. Archived from the original on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

[10] Wieland, Martin; Ren, Qingwen; Tan, John S. Y. (14 May 2014). New Developments in Dam Engineering. CRC Press. ISBN 9780203020678 . Retrieved 2015-07-25.

[11] "The Project of the Century" (PDF). Itaipu Binacional. Retrieved 28 March 2026.

[12] D. Nicol (1994) "The Syncrude Mildred Lake Tailings Dyke Redesign", 18th Int. Congr. Large Dams.

[13] "Microsoft Word - Baseline Report on Fluid Deposits revE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-16.

[14] Estimate based on structure volume and dimensions from Google Earth

[Zero-15] Zero reservoir size because full of tailings

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v t e Dams and reservoirs
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Asia	Afghanistan Azerbaijan China Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Malaysia Myanmar Pakistan Philippines Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates Vietnam
Australasia	Australia East Timor Indonesia New Zealand Papua New Guinea
Europe	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
North America	Canada Dominican Republic Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States
South America	Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Paraguay
Largest dams Tallest dams Reservoirs by volume

v t e Structural extremes
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Longest	Buildings Bridges arched cable-stayed cantilevered continuous truss masonry arch suspension Churches Highways ring roads Roller coasters Runways shortest Ships naval sailing yachts motor yachts wooden Spans timeline Trains road train Tunnels by type railway road subway tunnel sections
Oldest	Banks Buildings Churches Companies Hydroelectric power plants Institutions Jain temples Mosques minarets Newspapers Radio stations Schools universities in continuous operation Islamic seminaries Settlements cities Ships since 500 AD Spiral stairs Synagogues Watermills Whisky distilleries

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List of largest tailings dams

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