Dams

హూవర్ డామ్ ఒకానొకప్పుడు బౌల్డర్ డామ్ అనేవారు. ఇది కొలరాడోనది యొక్క బ్లాక్ కేనియాన్‌‌లో నిర్మించబడిన ఆర్చ్-గ్రావిటీ డామ్. ఈ డామ్ అమెరికా లోని అరిజో మరియు నెవాడా రాష్ట్రాల సరిహద్దులలో ఉన్నది. గ్రేట్ డిప్రెషన్ కాలంలో ఈ డామ్ 1931 మరియు 1936ల మధ్య నిర్మించబడి 1935 సెప్టెంబర్ 30

Khun Dan Prakan Chon Dam (เขื่อนขุนด่านปราการชล) ఒక పర్యాటక ఆకర్షణ, Wang Takhrai , థాయిలాండ్ లోని Dams ఒకటి . ఇది ఉంది: 301 km from Nondha Buri, 324 km from Bangkok, 335 km from Amphoe Mueang Samut Prakan.

Deriner Dam (Turkish: Deriner Barajı) is a concrete double-curved arch dam on the Çoruh River 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Artvin in Artvin Province, Turkey. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and additionally flood control. Construction on the dam began in 1998, the r

Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona (most of it, along with Rainbow Bridge, is in Utah). It is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing 24,322,000 acre feet (30 km³) of water when full. Lake P

Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States. It is located on the Colorado River about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona. Formed by water impounded by Hoover Dam, it extends 110 mi (180 km) behind the dam, holding approximately 28.5 m

The Marina Barrage (Chinese:滨海堤坝) is a dam in Singapore built at the confluence of five rivers, across the Marina Channel between Marina East and Marina South. It was officially opened on 1 November 2008. It was Singapore's fifteenth reservoir. It provides water storage, flood control and recreat

Imatrankoski ('The Imatra Rapid') is a rapid on the Vuoksi River in Imatra, Finland. It has been a famous tourist attraction since the late 1700s. Imatrankoski is also one of the National landscapes of Finland. Since 1929 the rapid has been blocked by a dam as the Imatra hydroelectric plant began

Hartbeespoort Dam also known as Harties (officially the Hartbeespoort Dam Reservoir) is a dam situated in the North West Province of South Africa Coordinates: . It lies in a valley to the south of the Magaliesberg mountain range and north of the Witwatersberg mountain range, about 35 kilometres west

Liptovská Mara is a reservoir in northern Slovakia, on the Váh river near Liptovský Mikuláš, in the Liptov region. The dam is named after one of the inundated villages.

The Srinagarind Dam (also known as the Srinakarin Dam) is an embankment dam on the Khwae Yai river in Si Sawat District of Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. The main purpose of the dam is river regulation and hydroelectric power generation. The dam's power station has a Шаблон:Convert capacity of wh

అస్వాన్ డ్యామ్‌ అనేది ఈజిప్ట్ లో అస్వాన్ వద్ద నైలు నదిపై నిర్మించిన ఆనకట్ట. ఇది ఒక రాతి (ఇటుకలు, రాళ్ళు) నిర్మాణం మరియు కేవలం గురుత్వాకర్షణ ద్వారా ఉంచబడ్డాయి. ఇది నైలు నదిపై మొదటి ఆనకట్ట, మరియు 1899 మరియు 1902 మధ్య కాలంలో బ్రిటీష్ వారిచే నిర్మించబడింది. ఇది కట్టబడిన నాటికి, ఇది ప్రపంచంలోనే అతిపెద్ద

Gorky Reservoir (русский. Го́рьковское водохрани́лище) is an artificial lake in the central part of the Volga River formed by a hydroelectric dam of Gorky Hydroelectric Station (now called Nizhny Novgorod Hydroelectric Station) built in 1955 between the towns of Gorodets and Zavolzhye and fille

Језеро Матка (Шаблон:Јез-мк) је вештачко језеро у Републици Македонији. То је најстарије вештачко језеро у Македонији. Изграђено је 1938. године, преграђивањем реке Треске. Језеро се користи за добијање електричне енергије, као и за наводњавање земљишта у околним селима. Језеро Матка је порибље

Tranque Puclaro is an artificial lake created by a dam on the Elqui River, 60 km east of the city of La Serena. Regular strong winds make the lake a popular place for kitesurfing.

The Orlík Dam (Czech: Vodní nádrž Orlík) is the largest hydroelectric dam in the Czech Republic. It dams the Vltava River near the village of Solenice, which is near the town of Příbram.

The Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム) or Kuroyon Dam (黒四ダム), Japan's largest dam, is on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on the island of Honshū.

The Grande Dixence Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence River at the head of the Val d'Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At Шаблон:Convert high, it is the tallest gravity dam in the world and is part of the Cleuson-Dixence Complex. With the primary purpose of hydroe

Itaipu (Guarani: Itaipu, Portuguese: Itaipu, Spanish: Itaipú; Portuguese pronunciation: ], Spanish pronunciation: ]) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.

Bradbury Dam is an earthen dam across the Santa Ynez River in central Santa Barbara County, California. The dam forms Lake Cachuma, which provides the majority of water supplies within the county.

The Itupararanga Dam is a Brazilian dam, located in the Sorocaba region of São Paulo state. It was built by Light S.A. in 1911. The plant started its operation on 25 March 1914. It forms a lake with more than 40 km and an area of 936 square kilometers with the main channel of 26 km and 192 km fro