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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 ...
and dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
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Africa
Algeria
# Djorf Torba Dam # Keddara Dam # Koudiat Acerdoune Dam #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 ...
# boughrara Dam
# Beni Bahdel Dam
# Mafrouch Dam
# Sikak Dam
# Sidi Abdelli Dam
# Ain Tolba Dam
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# Sarno Dam
# Ouizert Dam
# Bou Hanifia Dam
# Oued Mina Dam
# Ain Ferrah Dam
# Al Dahmouni Dam
# Colonel Bougara Dam
# Bakhadda Dam
# Maghaila Dam
# Deurdeur Dam
# Ghrib Dam
# Harraza Dam
# Ouled Melouk Zedin Dam
# Sidi Mhamed Ben Taiba Dam
# Bni Boutab Dam
# Sidi Yacoub Dam
# Gargar Dam
# Kerrada Dam
# Oued Kramis Dam
# Boukerdine Dam
# Bouroumi Dam
# Ladrat Dam
# Oued Isser's Dam
# Hamiz Dam
Angola
#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 ...
# Cambambe Dam
# 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 ...
# Gove Dam
# Lauca Dam
# Lomaum Dam
# Ruacana Dam
Benin
# Dieguoro Dam # Ilauko DamBotswana
Burkina faso
# Bagre Dam # Kompienga DamCameroon
# Edea Dam # Lagdo Dam #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 ...
# Maga Dam
# Song Loulou Dam
Cape Verde
# Poilão DamDemocratic Republic of Congo
# Boyoma fall # Great Inga Dam # Inga Dam 1, 2, 3, 4 # Katende Dam # Lubilash fall # Nzilo Dam # Ruzizi Dam 1 # Ruzizi Dam 2 # Ruzizi Dam 3 # Ruzizi Dam 4 # Tshala Dam # Tshopo dam # Zongo Dam 1, 2Egypt
#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 ...
and Lake Nasser
# 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
#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
#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.
Abar ...
# Toker Dam
Ethiopia
# Beles # Fincha # Gilgel Gibe I Dam #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 ...
# Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
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# Kessem Dam
# Koka
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# Tekezé Dam
# Tendaho Dam
Gabon
# Bongolo Dam #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
#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 ...
- Lake Volta
# Barekese Dam
# Bosumtwi Dam
# 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 ...
# Kpong Dam
# Mampong Dam
# Owabi Dam
# 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 ...
Guinea
# Amaria Dam # Banieya Dam # Garafiri Dam # Kale DamIvory Coast
# Buyo Dam #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 ...
# Taabo Dam
Kenya
Masinga dam-R TanaLesotho
#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 ...
# Mohale Dam
# Metolong Dam
# Muela Dam
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Libya
# Wadi Ghan Dam # Wadi Kaam Dam # Wadi Lebda Dam # Wadi Mejenin Dam # Wadi Qattara Dam # Wadi Wishka DamMadagascar
# Antelomita Dam # Ambilivily Dam # Amboromalandy Dam # Andekaleka Dam # Andilamena B2 Dam # Andilamena B3 Dam # Andranobe Dam # Antanifotsy Dam # Antelomita Dam #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 ...
# Mantasoa Dam
# Morafeno Dam
# Sahamaloto Dam
# Tsiazompaniry Dam
Malawi
# Chitete Dam # Kamuzu Dam I Dam # Kamuzu Dam II Dam # Kapichira Dam # Lunyangwa Dam # Mpira-Balaka Dam # Mudi Dam # Mulunguzi Dam # Nankhuna Dam # Nkhula B DamMali
# Félou Falls Weir # Gouina Weir # Manantali Dam #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
#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 ...
# 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 ...
Mauritius
# Eau Bleue Reservoir # La Ferme Reservoir # La Nicolière Reservoir # Mare aux Vacoas # Mare Longue Reservoir # Midlands Dam # Piton du Milieu Reservoir # Tamarind Falls Reservoir # Valetta ReservoirMorocco
# Aït Ouarda Dam #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 ...
# Al Wahda Dam
# Allal al Fassi Dam
# 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 ...
# Daourat Dam
# 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 ...
# Hassan II Dam
# Idriss I Dam
# Imfout Dam
# 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 ...
# Tanafnit El Borj Dam
# Youssef Ibn Tachfin Dam
Mozambique
#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 ...
# 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 ...
# 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.
T ...
Namibia
# Avis Dam #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 ...
# Friedenau Dam
# Hardap Dam
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# Omatjenne Dam
# Swakoppoort Dam
# 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
#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
# Kainji Dam # Goranyo DamRepublic of the Congo
#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 ...
Rwanda
# Nyabarongo Dam # Rusumo DamSenegal
#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
#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 ...
# Guma Dam
South Africa
Swaziland
# Maguga DamTanzania
# Hombolo Dam # Kidatu Dam # Kihansi Dam # Mtera Dam # Nyumba ya Mungu DamTogo
#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 ...
Tunisia
# Kasserine Dam # Sidi el Barrak Dam #Sidi Salem Dam
The Sidi Salem Dam is the largest embankment dam in Tunisia located northwest of Testour
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Uganda
# Adekokwok Hydroelectric Power Station #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.
L ...
# 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 ...
# 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.
Locati ...
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
Zambia
# Kariba DamZimbabwe
#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
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# Gwenoro Dam
# Kariba Dam
# 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 ...
# Lake Mutirikwe
# Manjirenji Dam
# Manyuchi Dam
# Mutange Dam
# Ngondoma Dam
# 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 ...
# Ruti Dam
# Tokwe Mukorsi Dam
Asia
Central
Kazakhstan
# Bukhtarma Dam #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 ...
# Kapshagay Dam
# Kyzyl-Agash Dam
# Kyzylbulak Dam
# Kyzylkungei Dam
# 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 ...
# Moinak Dam
# Shulbinsk Dam
# Tunkuruz Dam
# Ust-Kamenogorsk Dam
Kyrgyzstan
# At-Bashy Dam # Kambar-Ata-2 Dam # Kürpsay Dam # Shamaldy-Say Dam # Tash-Kömür Dam # Toktogul Dam # Üch-Korgon DamTajikistan
#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 ...
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
- Kayrakkum Reservoir
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# Sangtuda 2 Dam
# 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 ...
Turkmenistan
# Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam # Tuyamuyun Hydro ComplexUzbekistan
# Abdulkhan Bandi Dam # Andijan Dam #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 ...
# Tuyamuyun Hydro Complex
# Kurgantepa Reservoir
Eastern
China
Hong Kong
Japan
#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 ...
, Toyama, tallest in the country
# Tokuyama Dam, largest dam in the country and creates the largest reservoir
North Korea
# Huichon Dam #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 ...
# Imnam Dam
# Nampo Dam
# Songwon Dam
# Sup'ung Dam
# Taepyongman Dam
# Unbong Dam
# 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 ...
# Yongnim Dam
South Korea
#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 ...
# 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 ...
# Daecheong Dam
# Gongsan Dam
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# 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. ...
# Inje Dam
# Peace Dam
# Soyang Dam
# 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 ...
# Yangsang (Sangbu) Dam
Taiwan
Southeast
Brunei
# Benutan Dam #Imang Dam
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The village is ...
# Kagu Dam
# Mengkubau Dam
# Tasek Dam
# 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 ...
Burma
Cambodia
# Cheay Areng Dam # Lower Se San 2 Dam # Lower Sre Pok 2 Dam # O Chum 2 Hydropower Dam # Sambor Dam # Stung Battambang 1 Dam # Stung Sen Dam # Stung Treng DamEast Timor
# Gariuai DamsIndonesia
# Batujai Dam, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara # Batutegi Dam, Tanggamus, Lampung #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 ...
, Gowa, South Sulawesi
# Cacaban Dam, Tegal, Central Java
# Cirata Dam, Purwakarta, West Java
# Gajah Mungkur Dam
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, Wonogiri, Central Java
# Gondang Dam, Lamongan, East Java
# Jatigede Dam, Sumedang, West Java
# 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 ...
, Purwakarta, West Java
# Kedungombo Dam, Grobogan, Central Java
# Riam Kanan Dam, Banjar, South Kalimantan
# Saguling Dam, Bandung, West Java
# Sempor Dam, Kebumen, Central Java
# Sigura-gura Dam, North Tapanuli, North Sumatera
# Soedirman Dam, Banjarnegara, Central Java
# Sutami Dam, Malang, East Java
# Tilong Dam, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara
# Wadaslintang Dam, Kebumen, Central Java
# Wonorejo Dam, Tulungagung, East Java
Laos
Malaysia
#Air Itam Dam
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# Babagon Dam
# 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 ...
# Batang Ai Dam
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# Beris Dam
# Betotan Dam, Sandakan
# Bukit Merah Dam
# Chenderoh Dam
# Kenyir Dam
# Kinta Dam, Perak
# Klang Gates Dam
# Layang Dam
# Lebam Dam
# Linggiu Dam
# Machap Dam
# Mengkuang Dam
# Murum Dam
# Pedu Lake
# Pergau Dam
# Sembrong Dam
# Semenyih Dam
# Sultan Iskandar Dam
# Tasik Subang Dam
# Teluk Bahang Dam
# Temenggor Dam
# Ulu Jelai Dam
Philippines
# Agus I Dam # Agus II Dam # Agus III Dam (proposed) # Agus IV Dam # Agus V Dam # Agus VI Dam # Agus VII Dam # Agusan Dam #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 ...
# 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 ...
# Aragon Dam
# Binga Dam
# Buhisan Dam
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# Calumpang Diversion Dam
# Canili-Diayo Dam
# Casecnan Dam
# 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 ...
# Kaliwa Low Dam (proposed)
# La Mesa Dam
# Labasin Dam
# Laiban Dam (proposed)
# Lumot Dam
# 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 ...
# Molino (Prinza) Dam
# 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 ...
# Pasa Dam
# Pulangi Dam
# San Roque Dam
# 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 ...
Singapore
Thailand
# Bhumibol Dam #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
Central T ...
# 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 ...
# Hua Na Dam
# Huai Kum Dam
# Kaeng Krachan Dam
# Kaeng Suea Ten Dam
# Lam Phra Phloeng Dam
# Lam Takhong Dam
# Mae Ngat Somboon Chon Dam
# 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 ...
# Nam Phong Dam
# 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 ...
# Pak Mun Dam
# Rasi Salai Dam
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# Srinagarind Dam
# Tha Thung Na Dam
# Ubol Ratana Dam
# 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 ...
Vietnam
# Buôn Kuốp Dam # Đa Nhim Dam # Hàm Thuận – Đa Mi Dams # Hòa Bình Dam # Lai Châu Dam # Na Hang Dam # Sơn La Dam # Thác Mơ Dam # Trị An Dam # Trung Sơn Dam # Yali Falls DamSouth
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
#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 ...
Bhutan
# Tala DamIndia
Nepal
# Bhote Koshi Dam # Chilime Dam # Kaligandaki A Dam #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 ...
# Kulekhani Dam
# Mai Dam
# Sunkoshi Dam
# Upper Karnali Dam
# Upper Tamakoshi Dam
# 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 ...
Pakistan
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
# Dasu Dam
# Sabakzai Dam
# 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 ...
# Rawal Dam
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
Sri Lanka
Western
Armenia
# Meghri DamAzerbaijan
# Agstafachay Dam #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 ...
# Khanbulanchay Dam
# Khoda Afarin Dam
# Mil Mugim Dam
# 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 ...
- 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 ...
# Sarsang Dam - Sarsang reservoir
# Shamkir Dam - 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 ...
# Shamkirchay Dam
# Takhtakorpu Dam
# Varvara Dam
# Vileshchay Dam
# Yenikend Dam - Yenikend reservoir
Iran
Iraq
Israel
# Degania Dam #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 ...
Jordan
# Al-Wehda Dam # Jawa Dam # King Talal Dam # Mujib DamSaudi Arabia
# Al Lith Dam #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
Groundwater recharge or deep drain ...
# 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, ...
# Hali Dam
# Jizan Dam
# King Fahad Dam
# 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 ...
# Najran Valley Dam
# Rabigh Dam
Syria
# Baath Dam # Halabiye Dam # Hassakeh East Dam # Hassakeh South Dam # Hassakeh West Dam #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 ...
# 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 ...
United Arab Emirates
# Al Rafisah Dam # Hatta Dam # Wadi Shi Dam # Shawka Dam # Wadi Ham Dam # Wadi Al-Beeh DamYemen
#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 ...
Asia-Pacific
French Polynesia
# Faatautia (Hita'a) Dam # Tahinu Dam # Tevaiohiro Dam # Titaaviri Dam # Vaihiria Dam # Vainavenave Dam # Vaitapaa Dam # Vaite Dam # Vaituoru DamSamoa
# Afulilo DamEurope
Albania
# Banjë Dam # Fierza Dam # Koman Dam # Moglicë Dam # Shkopet Dam # Skavica Dam # Ulëz Dam # Vau i Dejës DamAndorra
# Engolasters Dam - Lake EngolastersAustria
Belarus
# Grodno DamBelgium
# Gileppe DamBosnia and Herzegovina
# Bočac Dam # Buk Bijela Dam # Buško Lake # Čapljina Dam # Glavatičevo Dam # Grabovica Dam # Grančarevo Dam (Trebinje) # Jablanica Dam # Jajce Dam # Konjic Dam # Mostarsko Blato Dam # Pale Dam #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 ...
# Salakovac Dam
# Foča Dam
# Višegrad Dam
# Župica Lake
Bulgaria
Croatia
# Čakovec Dam # Dubrava Dam # Dubrovnik Dam # Gojak Dam # Golubić Dam # Jaruga Dam # Krčić Dam # Miljacka Dam # Ozalj Dam # Peruća Dam -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, ...
# Roški Slap Dam
# Senj Dam
# Sklope Dam - Lake Krušćica
# Varaždin Dam
# Velebit Dam
# Vinodol Dam
# Zakučac Dam
# Zeleni Vir Dam
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
# Alroe Dam # Denmark Dam # Kaloe Dam # Qorlortorsuaq Dam, Greenland # Rømø Dam # Tangevaerket DamEstonia
#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 ...
(shared with Russia)
Faroe Islands
# Lake EiðiFinland
#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. ...
# Isohaara Dam
# Jylhama Dam
# Kalajärvi Dam - Kalajärvi Reservoir
# Kaltimo Dam
# Kuurna Dam
# Lokka Dam - Lokka Reservoir
# Melo Dam
# Ossauskoski Dam
# Pamilo Dam
# Petajaskoski Dam
# Porttipahta Dam
# Puntarikoski Dam
# Seitakorva Dam
# Tainionkoski Dam
# Taivalkoski Dam
# Uljua Dam - Uljua Reservoir
# Valajaskoski Dam
# Vanttauskoski Dam
# Venetjoki Reservoir
Venetjoki Reservoir ( fi, Venetjoen tekojärvi) is a medium-sized lake in the Perhonjoki main catchment area. It is located in the Central Ostrobothnia region in Finland.Inguri Dam
# Khrami Dam
# Khudoni Dam
# Ladzhanuri Dam
# Namakhvani Dam
# Samtskhe-Javakheti Dam
# Tvishi Dam
# Vardnili Dam
# Zhinvali Dam
# Zhoneti Dam
Germany
Greece
# Kastraki Dam # Katsiki Dam # Kremasta Dam # Marathon Dam # Mesochora Dam #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 ...
# 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
The dam is named after Niko ...
# Stratos Dam
# Sykia Dam
# Thisavros Dam
# Kofini dam
Hungary
# Fehervarcsurgoi Dam # Markazi Dam # Rakacai Dam # Tisza Dam, Lake TiszaIceland
# Blanda Dam # Blöndulón # Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant # Sigöldulón #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 ...
Ireland
# Ardnacrusha #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 ...
# Cathaleen's Fall
# Cliff
# Golden Falls
# 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 ...
# Leixlip lake
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
Italy
# Alpe Gera Dam # Cancano Dam # Chiotas Dam # Cingino Dam # Corbara Dam # Frera (Belviso) Dam # Gleno Dam # Lei Dam # Piastra Dam # Place Moulin Dam #Ponte Cola Dam
Ponte, a word meaning ''bridge'' in Italian, Portuguese, and Galician languages, may refer to:
Places
England
*Pontefract, a town in the Metropolitan City of Wakefield
France
* Ponte Leccia, a civil parish (hameau) in the department of Haute-Co ...
- Lake Val Vestino
# Punt dal Gall Dam
# Santa Giustina Dam
# Speccheri Dam
# Subiaco Dams
# 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 ...
# Val di Stava Dam
Latvia
# Aiviekste Dam # Daugavpils Dam # Ķegums Dam # Pļaviņas Dam # Riga DamLithuania
# Elektrėnai Reservoir #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 ...
Luxembourg
# Esch-sur-Sûre Dam #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 ...
Moldova
# Dubăsari Dam # Stânca-Costeşti DamMontenegro
# Mratinje DamNetherlands
#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 ...
# 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 ...
# Haringvlietdam
# Hartelkering
# Oosterscheldekering
# Philipsdam
# 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 ...
# 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 ...
North Macedonia
# Boškov Dam # Čebren Dam # Kozjak Dam # Spilje Dam,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 ...
# Tikveš Dam
# Vrutok Dam
Norway
# Abo Dam # Aura Dam # Aurland Dam # Bratsberg Dam # Brokke Dam # Byrte Dam # Cårrujavrit Dam # Evanger Dam # Finndøla Dam # Fortun Dam # Glomfjord Dam # Hakavik Dam # Hammeren Dam # Hardeland Dam # Hjartdøla Dam # Hylen Dam # Kjofossen Dam # Kvilldal Dam # Lassa Dam # Little Dam # Løkjelsvatnet # Lysebotn Dam # Mår Dam # Matre Dam # Mauranger Dam # Melkefoss Dam # Nea Dam # Nes Dam # Nore Dam # Nygårds Dam # Paatsjoki Dam # Rana Dam #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 ...
# Såheim Dam
# Saurdal Dam
# Sildvik Dam
# Sima Dam
# Skogfoss Dam
# Storglomvatn Dam
# Svartevatn Dam
# Svartisen Dam
# Svelgfoss Dam
# Svorkmo Dam
# Tjodan Dam
# Tokke Dam
# Tonstad Dam
# Tunnsjødal Dam
# Tyin Dam
# Tyssedal Dam
# Vamma Dam
# Vatnedalen Dam
# Vemork Dam
# Vinje Dam
# Virdnejávri Dam, Virdnejávri
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Kosovo: # Badovc Dam # Batlava Dam # Gazivoda (Ujman) Dam # Prilepnica Dam # Radoniqi DamSlovakia
# Gabčíkovo Dam on riverDanube
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 ...
# 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 ...
on river Váh
The Váh (; german: Waag, ; hu, Vág; pl, WagWag
w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów ...
# Orava (reservoir)
# Sĺňava on river w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów ...
Váh
The Váh (; german: Waag, ; hu, Vág; pl, WagWag
w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów ...
# Starina reservoir
# Tajchy artificial water reservoirs in the w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów ...
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 ...
# Veľká Domaša on river 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 ...
# Zemplínska Šírava on river 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
# Ajba Dam # Avče Dam # Blanca Dam # Boštanj Dam # Dravograd Dam # Markovci Dam # Mavčiče Dam # Medvode Dam # Moste Dam # Podselo Dam # Solkan Dam # Vuhred Dam # Zlatoličje DamSpain
# Aldeadávila Dam #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 ...
# El Atazar Dam
# Entrepeñas
# Itoiz
# Riaño
# Salime
# 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 ...
# Tous
# Yesa Reservoir
Sweden
# Älvkarleby Dam # Ebbe Dam # Harsprånget Dam # Hojum Dam # Olidan Dam # Porjus Dam # Suorva # Trängslet DamSwitzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
North and Central America
Belize
#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 ...
Canada
Costa Rica
#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 ...
# Lake Cachí
# Presa Sangregado Dam
# Reventazón Dam
Cuba
# Canasí Dam # Chalons Dam # Hanabanilla Dam #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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# La Yaya Dam
# Lebrije Dam
# 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
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated ...
# Melones Dam
# Porvenir Dam
# 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
# Cerrón Grande DamGuatemala
# Aguacapa Dam # Chixoy Dam # Jurún Marinalá Dam # Las Vacas Dam # Los Esclavos Dam # Santa María Dam # Xacbal Dam # Xalalá DamHaiti
#Péligre Dam
The Péligre Dam is a gravity dam located off the Centre department on the Artibonite River of Haiti. At it is the tallest dam in Haiti. The dam was created as a flood-control and an energy-providing measure in the Artibonite River Valley during ...
Honduras
# El Cajón # :es:Central hidroeléctrica Francisco Morazán, Francisco MorazanJamaica
#Hermitage Dam #Mona Dam Mona Dam #Rio Beuno Dam #Rio Cobre DamMexico
# 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 DamNicaragua
#El Dorado Dam - Lake Asturias #Mancotal Dam - Lake Apanás #Tumarín Dam #Virgen DamPanama
# Barro Blanco Dam # Bayano Dam # Bonyic Dam # Changuinola Dam # Fortuna Dam # Gatun Dam # Madden Dam # Panama CanalPuerto Rico
# Carraizo Dam # Portugues DamSaint Lucia
# John Compton DamTrinidad and Tobago
United States
Oceania
Australia
Fiji
# Monasavu Dam # Nadarivatu Dam # Vaturu DamNew Caledonia
# Néaoua Dam # Tu Dam # Yaté DamNew Zealand
Papua New Guinea
# Yonki DamSouth 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 LargaColombia
# 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 DamEcuador
# Mazar Dam # Paute DamFrench Guiana
# Petit-Saut DamGuyana
# Amaila DamParaguay
# Itaipu Dam (shared with Brazil) # Yaciretá Dam (shared with Argentina)Peru
# Antamina Tailings Dam # Olmos Transandino Project, Limon Dam # Upamayu DamSuriname
# Afobaka Dam # Brokopondo ReservoirUruguay
# Salto Grande Dam, Salto Grande (shared with Argentina)Venezuela
#Caruachi Dam #Guri Dam #Macagua Dam #Tocoma DamSee 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:dams