Length Volume Gross

of content reservoir

Height crest (000 capacity

Name of dam River Country Type** (m) (m) cu m) (000 cu m)

Al-Wahda Fez Morocco E 88 1,600 27,000 3,800,000

Al-Wehda Yarmuk Jordan/Syria E,R 164 700 21,000 486,000

Arakhthos/Kalaritiko Arakhthos Greece E 185 238 1,500 1,840,000

Bakun Rajana Malaysia R 204 900 29,400 43,800,000

Banje Devoll Albania E,R 100 1,350 15,000 700,000

Bekme Greater Zab Iraq E,R 204 600 34,000 17,000,000

Berke Ceyhan Turkey A 210 270 730 427,000

Boyabat Kizilirmak Turkey G 195 675 2,300 3,557,000

Bureya Bureya Russia G 140 765 3,440 20,940,000

Catalan Ceyhan Turkey E 82 894 17,000 2,126,000

Chapeton Paraná Argentina E,G 35 224,000 296,000 60,600,000

Chisapani Karali Nepal E,R 210 850 35,000 15,000,000

Cipasang Cimanuk Indonesia E,R 200 640 90,000 860,000

Corpus Posadas Paraná Argentina/Paraguay E,R 65 8,474 18,200 13,000,000

Daliushu Ningxia China E,R 160 680 15,000 11,000,000

Dongfeng Wujiang China A 173 259 1,144 1,025,000

Ertan Yalongjiang China A 240 763 4,742 5,800,000

Guayillabamba Guayillabamba Ecuador A 165 413 704 105,000

Hongijiadu Hongshui China E,R 178 490 9,800 4,700,000

Hrusov-Dunakiliti-Gabcikovo Dunaj Czechoslovakia/Hungary E,G 29 31,500 18,340 199,000

Huites Fuerte Mexico G 155 390 2,100 3,675,000

Ingapata Paute Ecuador G 166 430 1,600 413,000

Kambaratinsk Naryn Kyrgyzstan R 255 560 112,000 4,650,000

Kanev Dnieper Ukraine E,G 40 16,479 33,000 2,620,000

Karun No. 3 Karun Iran A 200 831 7,600 623,000

Katse Malibamatso Lesotho A 182 700 2,200 2,000,000

Katun Katun Russia E,R 179 755 32,700 5,800,000

Kishau Tons India E,G 253 680 9,500 2,400,000

Kumgang North Itan North Korea E 150 1,120 8,760 9,250,000

La Vueltosa Caparo Venezuela E 118 1,200 15,000 5,300,000

Lijiaxia Huang He China A 165 382 2,340 1,630,000

Longtan Hongshui He China RCC 185 790 7,610 27,280,000

Maroun Maroun Iran E,R 165 350 7,490 1,200,000

Mashai Malibamatso Lesotho E 155 680 14,400 3,306,000

Messochora Acheloos Greece E,R 150 300 4,200 625,000

Misogawa Kiso Japan E,R 150 455 8,000 61,000

Miyagase Nakatsu Japan E,R 155 400 2,000 193,000

M'Jara (Wahada) Ouegha Morocco E 87 1,600 25,000 4,000,000

Namakhvani I Rioni Georgia A 161 460 1,200 560,000

Nukui Takiyama Japan A 155 382 800 82,000

Ozluce Peri Turkey E,R 150 9,400 1,075 170,000

Pati Paraná Argentina E,G 36 174,900 238,180 38,000,000

Potrerillos Mendoza Argentina E 146 550 17,120 860,000

Roncador Uruguay Brazil/Argentina E,R 78 1,598 9,940 33,580,000

San Roque Agno Philippines E 210 1,130 43,150 990,000

Sardar Sarovar Narmada India G 163 1,202 7,472 9,500,000

Serra da Mesa Tocantins Brazil E,R 150 1,544 12,700 54,400,000

Songwon Chungmangang North Korea R 160 630 1,100 3,200,000

Tehri Bhagirathi India E,R 261 575 27,032 3,540,000

Tianshenggiao Hongshui China E,R 178 1,137 17,810 10,260,000

Urayama Takiyama Japan G 155 400 1,730 58,000

Valea Sadului Jiu Romania E,R 52 7,150 18,250 306,000

Xiaolangdi Yellow China E,R 154 1,317 12,650 12,650,000

Yacyreta-Apipe Paraná Paraguay/Argentina E,R 43 69,600 67,700 21,000,000

Zimapan Moctezuma Mexico A 200 80 280 1,426,000

Zungeru Kaduna Nigeria RCC 116 2,680 5,160 27,050,000

Major World Dams Completed in 1992 and 1993*

Aguamilpa Santiago Mexico E,R 187 642 14,000 6,950,000

Geheyan Qingjiang China A 151 641 3,250 1,200,000

Kabalebo Kabalebo Suriname E,R 45 1,650 3,790 19,000,000

Kayraktepe Gaksu Turkey E,R 199 580 17,000 4,800,000

Kouilou Kouilou Congo A 137 345 390 35,000,000

Lhakwar Yamuna India G 204 454 2,871 580,000

Piedra del Aguila Limay Argentina E,G,R 163 820 2,520 11,300,000

Porto Primavera Paraná Brazil E,R 38 11,835 37,644 18,500,000

Thein (Rajit) Ravi India E,R 160 565 14,213 3,280,000

Thissavros Nestos Greece E,R 172 480 10,000 700,000

Turkwell Gorge Turkwell Kenya A 153 150 170 1,641,000

*Having a height exceeding 150 m (492 ft); or having a volume content exceeding 15 million cu m (196 million cu yd); or forming a reservoir

exceeding 14,800 x 10^6 cu m of capacity (12 million ac-ft).

**Type of dam: E = earth; R = rockfill; A = arch; G = gravity; RCC = roller-compacted-concrete.

^ indicates exponentiation. (T.W. MERMEL)