Major Dams
WorldPhysical EnvironmentDams with a reported storage capacity of 5,000 million cubic meters (5,000,000,000 cubic meters) or more
GlobalDamWatch.orgA map displaying locations of major dams marked by blue dots. High concentrations are seen in the USA, Europe, and East Asia. Other notable locations include Brazil, South Africa, and Australia. Some regions, like central Africa, have fewer dams.
Bersimis | Caniapiscau Barrage | Churchill Falls | Daniel Johnson | Denis-Perron | Ear Falls Dam | Eastmain-1 | Fort Peck Dam | Gabbro Control Dam | Gardiner | Garrison Dam | Gouin | Grand Rapids | Hoover | Hugh Keenleyside | Isle Maligne Spillway 1 | Jenpeg | Kenney | La Grande 2 | La Grande 3 | La Grande 4 | Libby | Manicouagan 3 | Mica | Oahe Dam | Opinaca | Outardes 4 | Passes Dangereuses | Pine Portage Main | Rapides des Quinze | Revelstoke | Structure 193 | Toledo Bend | W.A.C. Bennett | Whitesand Rapids | Class | Rank | People | |
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