Kariba Dam, Zimbabwe Bratsk Dam, Russia

Location: Kariba George, Zimbabwe Location: Siberia, Russia

Storage Capacity: 185 billion cubic metres Storage Capacity: 169.27 billion cubic metres

Surface Area: 5,580 square kilometers Surface Area: 5,540km2

Type of Dam: Arc Dam Type of Dam: Gravity Dam

Year Constructed: between 1955 and 1959. Year Constructed: 1954 to 1964

Kariba Dam is the world's biggest dam based on Bratsk Dam in Siberia, Russia, ranks as the
water storage capacity. The dam creates Lake second biggest dam in the world thanks to its
Kariba. The Lake Kariba covers a length of 169.27 billion cubic metres reservoir. The dam
280km and is 32km wide at its widest section. impounds the Angara River.

The double curvature concrete arch dam is The concrete gravity dam is owned by
owned by Zambezi River Authority and Irkutskenergo and was constructed from 1954 to
constructed by Impresit of Italy. The dam is 1964 by Bratskgesstroy (formerly
designed to avert a one in 10,000-year flood Nizhneangargesstroy management).
event.
The dam is 125m high and 1,452m in length,
The dam is 128m high, 617m in length, and was and has a rail line and a highway on its top. The
constructed using 1.036 million cubic metres of power plant at the dam has an installed capacity
concrete. It comprises of two power stations of 4,500MW comprising of 18 Francis turbines.
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hydropower outputs for Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Akosombo Dam, Ghana Daniel Johnson Dam, Canada

Location: Zimbabwe and Zambia, Southern Location: Quebec, Canada

Africa
Storage Capacity: 139.8 billion cubic metres
Storage Capacity: 144 billion cubic metres
Surface Area: 1,973km2
Surface Area: 8,500km2
Type of Dam: 14 buttresses and 13 arches
Type of Dam: rock-fill embankment dam
Year Constructed: 1959 to 1968
Year Constructed: 1961 to 1966
The Daniel Johnson Dam, also known as Manic
Akosombo dam, located in Ghana, is the third 5 Dam, impounds the Manicouagan River that
biggest dam based on water storage capacity. creates the Manicouagan Reservoir with a
Constructed on the Volta River, the dam creates storage capacity of 139.8 billion cubic metres.
the 8,500km2 Lake Volta, which is the world's The reservoir, having a surface area of
biggest reservoir by surface area. The lake 1,973km2, is the fourth biggest in the world.
impounds a mammoth 144 billion cubic metres
of water. The dam is also touted as the world's biggest
hollowbody multiple-arch-and-buttress dam. It is
The rock-fill embankment dam has a crest 1,310.6m long and 213.97m high, and features
length of about 700m and a height of 134m, and 14 buttresses and 13 arches. It was constructed
involved 12 million cubic metres of surface using 2.2 million cubic metres of concrete.
excavation. It was constructed from 1961 to
1966 primarily for the purpose of electricity The dam is owned by Hydro-Québec and was
generation, but also provides a livelihood for constructed from 1959 to 1968. The dam's two
about 300,000 people through fisheries in the power stations feature 12 units with a combined
lake. installed capacity of 2,660MW.

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Volta River Authority owns the dam and
IMPREGILO-Italy was the main construction
contractor. The power plant at the dam consists
of six turbo generator units rated at 128,000kW
each.

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Guri Dam, Venezuela Aswan High Dam, Egypt
Location: Bolívar State, Venezuela Location: Aswan, Egypt

Storage Capacity: 135 billion cubic metres Storage Capacity: 132 billion cubic metres

Surface Area: 4,000km2 Surface Area:

Type of Dam: concrete gravity and Type of Dam: rock-fill dam

embankment dam
Year Constructed: 1960 to 1968
Year Constructed: 1963 to 1986
The Aswan High Dam, which impounds the
Guri, the world's fifth biggest dam, has a storage River Nile and creates Lake Nasser, is the sixth
capacity of 135 billion cubic metres and creates biggest dam based on water storage capacity.
the Guri Lake covering 4,000km 2. The concrete The dam's reservoir, Lake Nasser, has a water
gravity and embankment dam measures 1,300m storage capacity of 132 billion cubic metres.
in length and 16m in height, and provides for
70% of the country's electricity needs. It is The rock-fill dam was designed by Institute
operated by CVG Electrification del Caroni CA Hydroproject of Russia in collaboration with
(Edelca). various engineers from Egypt. It was
constructed from 1960 to 1968 with an
The dam's construction was carried out in two investment of approximately $1bn. The dam's
stages, which commenced in 1963 and power plant is equipped with 12 Francis turbines
completed in 1986. The Guri hydropower facility with a combined installed capacity of 2,100MW.
has an installed capacity of more than
10,000MW. A modernisation project for the dam The multipurpose dam serves the irrigation
is also currently underway involving ABB as the needs of both Egypt and Sudan, controls
main contractor. flooding, generates power, and helps in
improving navigation across the Nile. It is 111m
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TXDnJ4/itaipu-1%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800 in height, 3,830m in length, and has a base
width of 980m. Its single spillway has a water
discharge capacity of 11,000 cubic metres a
second.

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W.A.C Bennett Dam, Canada Krasnoyarsk Dam, Russia
Location: Divnogorsk, Russia
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Storage Capacity: 73.3 billion cubic metres
Storage Capacity: 74 billion cubic metres
Surface Area: 2,000km2
Surface Area: 1,773km2
Type of Dam: concrete gravity dam
Type of Dam: earth fill embankment dam
Year Constructed: from1956 to 1972
Year Constructed: 1961 to1967.
The world's eighth biggest dam is the
W.A.C Bennett Dam, constructed on the Peace Krasnoyarsk Dam, which impounds the Yenisey
River in British Columbia, Canada, creates the River and creates the Krasnoyarskoye reservoir
Williston lake. The dam ranks as the seventh with a storage capacity of 73.3 billion cubic
largest with a storage capacity of approximately metres. The reservoir covers a surface area of
74 billion cubic metres and covers a surface 2,000km2 and has a shoreline of approximately
area of 1,773km2. 1,560km.

The earth fill embankment dam is operated by The concrete gravity dam is 124m high, 1,065m
B.C Hydro, and has a height of 183m andcrest in length, and was constructed from1956 to
length of 2,068m. The construction of the dam 1972. It is designed with a flood discharge
was commenced in 1961 and completed in capacity of 20,400m3 per second.
1967.
The power station of the dam features 12 units
The power generating station at the dam, known with a combined installed capacity of 6,000MW,
as the G.M. Shrum Generating Station, has an used primarily to power aluminium plants owned
installed capacity of 2,790MW and started by RUSAL Company. The water from the
generating electricity in 1968. reservoir also serves the purpose of irrigation.
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Zeya Dam, Russia Robert-Bourassa Dam, Canada
Location: Amur Oblast, Russia Location: Quebec, Canada

Storage Capacity: 68.42 billion cubic metres Storage Capacity: 61.7 billion cubic metres

Surface Area: 2,419km2 Surface Area: 2,815km2

Type of Dam: concrete gravity dam Type of Dam: embankment dam

Year Constructed: 1964 to 1975 Year Constructed: 1974 to 1981

The Zeya Dam, built on the Zeya River in the The Robert Bourassa Dam impounding the La
Amur Oblast of Russia, north of the Chinese Grande River in northern Quebec, Canada,
border, creates the Zeya reservoir with a storage creates the Robert-Bourassa Reservoir. It is the
capacity of 68.42 billion cubic metres, which is world's tenth biggest dam and has a reservoir
the ninth biggest dam based on reservoir capacity of 61.7 billion cubic metres covering a
capacity. The reservoir covers a surface area of surface area of 2,815km 2.
2,419km2.
The embankment dam is 162m high and 2,835m
The concrete gravity dam has an overall height in length, and features a spillway which has a
of 112m, a crest length of 714.2m, and was capacity to release17,600m3 of water per
constructed utilising 2.067 million cubic metres second.
of concrete.
The dam is owned by Hydro-Québec and was
The Zeya Dam is owned by RusHydro and was constructed from 1974 to 1981. The dam's two
constructed by Zeyagesstroy and power plants are fitted with 16 Francis turbines
Bureyagesstroy from 1964 to 1975. The dam's having a combined installed capacity of
power plant comprises of six generating units 5,616MW. Alstom is carrying out a major
with a combined installed capacity of 1,290MW. refurbishment and upgrade of the dam's power
The power plant features the world's first stations.
adjustable-blade diagonal-flow turbines.
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