Pictures of 10 Largest Dams in The World

Today we have brought for you something that will surely awe you. We have always known that most of the energy requirement is met by the hydro power plants that exist in most of the countries. Also note that they are also very clean sources of energy as they don’t unnecessarily use up the fossil fuels and don’t produce any pollution.

Here in this article I have included some of the world’s biggest and most power producing hydro electricity power plants and they are enormously huge, let me tell you. These dams are visited by many people as they have already become huge symbols of technological marvels. Here I have included many such big and enormous dams and I know you will surely like them. I would someday definitely like to visit these dams.

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List of the 10 best tallest dams in the worlds

Rogun Dam:-

City– Tajikistan

River– Vakhsh

High–  335 metres (1,099 ft)

Construction began– 1976

Complete the project–1990

 

Nurek Dam:-

City– Tajikistan

River– Vakhsh

High–  300 metres (980 ft)

Construction began– 1961

Complete the project–1980

 

Grand Dixence:-

City– Switzerland

River– Dixence

High–  285 m (935 ft)

Construction began– 1953

Complete the project–1964

 

Inguri:-

City– Georgia

River– Inguri

High–  272 m (892 ft)

Construction began– 1961

Complete the project–1987

 

Chicoasen:-

City– Mexico

River– Grijalva

High–  261 m (856 ft)

Construction began– 1974

Complete the project–1980

 

Tehri Dam:-

City– India

River– Bhagirathi ( Ganga )

High–  260 m (850 ft)

Construction began– 1978

Complete the project–2006

 

Xiaowan Dam:-

City– China

River– Mekong

High–  292 m (958 ft)

Construction began– 2002

Complete the project–2010

 

Sayano-Shushensk Dam:-

City– Russia

River– Yenisei

High–  246 m (807 ft)

Construction began– 1961

Complete the project–1978

Eratan Dam:-

City– China

River– Yalong

High–  240 m (787 ft)

Construction began– 1991

Complete the project–1999

 

Oroville Dam:-

City– California

River– Feather

High– 230m  (770 ft)

Construction began– 1961

Complete the project–1968