-
Hoover Dam is a
concrete arch-gravity
dam in the
Black Canyon of the
Colorado River, on the
border between the U.S.
states of
Nevada and Arizona. Constructed...
- The
Vajont Dam or
Vaiont Dam is a
disused hydro-electric
dam in
northern Italy. It is one of the
tallest dams in the world, with a
height of 262 m (860 ft)...
- 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...
- The
Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese: 三峡大坝;
traditional Chinese: 三峽大壩; pinyin: Sānxiá Dàbà) is a
hydroelectric gravity dam that
spans the Yangtze...
- The
Aswan Dam, or
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...
- The
Srisailam Dam is
constructed across the
Krishna River in
Nandyal district,
Andhra Pradesh and
Nagarkurnool district,
Telangana near
Srisailam temple...
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Tarbela Dam (Pashto: د توربېلې بند, Hindko: تربیلا بند) is an earth-filled
dam along the
Indus River in ****stan's
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is mainly...
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Warragamba Dam is a heritage-listed
dam in the
outer South Western Sydney suburb of Warragamba,
Wollondilly Shire in New
South Wales, Australia. It is...
- The
Kariba Dam is a
double curvature concrete arch
dam in the
Kariba Gorge of the
Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The
dam stands 128...
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Rihand Dam also
known as
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is the
second largest dam of
India by
volume (storage) next only to
Indirasagar Dam of
Madhya Pradesh...
