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WORLD'S LARGEST DAMS
SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NAME OF DAM |
CUBIC
YARDS |
COMPLETED |
PICTURE |
New
Cornelia Tailings, U.S. |
274,026,000 |
1973 |
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Tarbela, Pakistan |
158,268,000 |
1975 |
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Fort Peck, U.S. |
125,612,000 |
1940 |
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Oahe, U.S. |
92,008,000 |
1963 |
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Mangla, Pakistan |
85,872,000 |
1967 |
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Gardiner, Canada |
85,743,000 |
1968 |
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Afsluitdyk, Netherlands |
82,927,000 |
1932 |
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Oroville, U.S. |
78,008,000 |
1968 |
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San Luis, U.S. |
77,666,000 |
1967 |
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Garrison, U.S. |
66,506,000 |
1956 |
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