Largest Dams in the World

Name

Country

Year

Structure Height [m]

Structure Volume [106 m3]

Reservoir Volume [109 m3]

Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred MLSB

Canada

1995

88

540/720

0.35

Tarbela Dam

Pakistan

1976

143

106 /152

13.7

Syncrude Tailings Dam Mildred SWSS

Canada

2010

40-50

119

0.25

Fort Peck Dam

United States

1940

76.4

96

23

Atatürk Dam

 Turkey

1990

166

84.5

48.7

Flevoland Dyke

Netherlands

1968

13

78

Oahe Dam

United States

1963

75

70.3

29

Gardiner Dam

Canada

1967

64

65.4

9.4

Mangla Dam

Pakistan

1967

138

65.4

7.25

Oroville Dam

United States

1968

230

59.6

4.36

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