Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that crosses the Colorado River Шаблон:Convert downstream of Hoover Dam. Built between 1934 and 1938 by the Bureau of Reclamation, it is Шаблон:Convert high, Шаблон:Convert of which are below the riverbed, making it 'the deepest dam in the world'. The dam's
The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (or DniproHES) is the largest hydroelectric power station in Ukraine and was the largest in Europe at the time of its construction. It is situated on the Dnieper River in Zaporizhzhia.
Rybinsk Reservoir (русский. Ры́бинское водохрани́лище, Rybinskoye vodokhranilishche), informally called the Rybinsk Sea, is a vast water reservoir on the Volga River and its tributaries Sheksna and Mologa, formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam, located on the territories of Tver, Vologda,
The Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station or Zhigulyovskaya Hydroelectric Station (Russian: Жигулёвская ГЭС, Zhigulyovskaya GES), formerly known as Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station (Kuybyshev GES) is a hydroelectric station on the Volga River, located near Zhigulyovsk and Tolyatti in Samara Oblast of Rus
เขื่อนรัชชประภา มีชื่อเรียกดั้งเดิมว่า เขื่อนเชี่ยวหลาน เป็นเขื่อนอเนกประสงค์แห่งที่สองของภาคใต้ อยู่ในจังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานี เมื่อก่อนสร้างแล้วเสร็จได้รับพระมหากรุณาธิคุณจากพระบาทสมเด็จพระเจ้าอยู่หัว พระราชทานนามให้ใหม่ว่า “เขื่อนรัชชประภา” มีความหมายว่า “แสงสว่างแห่งราชอาณาจักร”
The Kiev Reservoir, or Kiev Sea (українська. Київське водосховище, Kyyivs’ke vodoskhovyshche) is a large water reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Kiev, which lies to the south, it covers a total area of 922 square kilometres within the Kiev Oblast. The re
Burrator Reservoir is a reservoir on the south side of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. It is one of a number of reservoirs and dams that were built over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries in the area now covered by Dartmoor National Park to supply drinking water to the city of
is a rock-fill dam built on the Surikami River (part of the Abukuma River system) in the Moniwa area of Iizaka, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It was opened in 2006 and is administered by the Tohoku Regional Bureau Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Tucuruí (Guarani: Tucuruí , Portuguese: Tucuruí ), is an hydroelectric dam on the Tocantins River located on the Tucuruí County in Brazil. The name 'Tucuruí' was taken from a little city that existed near the construction site; there is now a city of the same name just downstream of the dam. The
The Fort Peck Dam is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River, located in northeast Montana in the United States, near Glasgow, and adjacent to the community of Fort Peck. At 21,026 feet (6,409 m) in length and over 250 feet (76 m) in height, it is the largest hydraulically filled dam
The Rance Tidal Power Station is the world's first tidal power station. The facility is located on the estuary of the Rance River, in Brittany, France. Opened on the 26th November 1966, it is currently operated by Électricité de France, and is the largest tidal power station in the world, in terms o
Scrivener Dam is a concrete gravity dam in Canberra, Australia. It was completed in 1963 across the Molonglo River to create Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of Canberra. It was named in honour of the surveyor Charles Scrivener.
Crystal Springs Dam is a gravity dam constructed across the San Mateo Creek, impounding water to form the Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir in San Mateo County, California. It was among the first concrete gravity dams built in the western United States.