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The highest dam in the world.
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Throughout history, man has created a dam, for various reasons, to prevent floods and natural disasters, to generate electricity or to create a water supply. It all started thousands of years ago in the Middle East, with small walls, dams and today play an important role for the production of electricity, performing a variety of tasks and requiring years to build. To understand the importance of the impact that these architectural wonders have had on our lives, we present you the 25 highest dams in the world.
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1.Damba Toktogul
Toktogul - hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan's Jalalabad province. This dam is very low on our list, 215 meters high.
2.Gidroelektrostantsiya Longtan
Longtan dam - a big concrete dam on the river Hongshui in China. The height reaches 216.5 meters. This huge hydroelectric power was finally launched in 2009 and consists of 9 hydro generators.
3. Glen Canyon Dam
Named after the valley of Glen Canyon - a colorful series of gorges, most of which is now under water, the dam has created the second largest artificial lake in the United States. The height of the dam is about 219 meters.
4.Damba Dvorak
At 219 meters high, Dvorak - the third highest dam in the United States and the highest pryamoosnaya dam in the Western Hemisphere.
5.Damba Contra Switzerland
Also known as the Verzasca Dam and the Locarno, Contra - arch dam on the river Verzasca in Switzerland.
6.Plotina Hoover Arizona
Hoover Dam - one of the most famous and recognizable in the world and the most visited by tourists. Once known as Boulder Dam - a concrete dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada.
7.Damba Lutstsone Switzerland
With the highest vertical wall in an artificial world on one side, the dam Lutstsone reaches 225 meters in height.
8.Damba Bhakra
Concrete gravity dam across the river near the border Sutlezh between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in northern India.
9.Damba 4 Karun in Iran
Arch type dam on the Karun River in Iran. The main purpose of the construction of Karun 4 - power supply and flood control.
10.Damba Shuibuya
Designed not only for electricity generation, but also for flood control, navigation, tourism and fishing, Shuibuya dam is 233 meters high.
11.Chirkeyskaya HPP
This arch dam on the river Sulak - the highest dam of this type in Russia, with a height of 232.5 meters.
12.Plotina El Cajon, Honduras
Officially known as the Central hydroelectric behalf of Francisco Morazan, the dam is located in the western Honduras. Its height is 226 meters, and the length - 282 meters.
13.Damba Oroville, California
At 230 meters high, the bulk dam was built on the river Feather in California and is the highest in the United States.
14.Plotina Ertan in China
This dam is 240 meters high rises majestically above the river Yalong, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province, southwest China.
15.Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP
Located on the Yenisei River, near Sayanogorsk in Russia, the dam - the largest power plant in the country and the sixth largest hydroelectric plant in the world.
16.Ges Mick in Canada
This dam height of 243 meters spans the Columbia River 135 kilometers north of Revelstoke, Canada.
17.Plotina Deriner Turkey
Named after Deriner Ibrahim, who died during the work on the construction, as chief engineer of the research team, the dam is located on the river Soruh 3 miles east of Artvin, Turkey.
18.Damba Laksiva
Laxiwa dam 250 meters high built on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province in northwest China.
19.Damba Movuazen
Mount Blanc de Shelon in the background, the dam of the same name Movuazen formed lake in the Swiss Alps. The height of the dam is 250 meters.
20.Damba Teri
This multi-purpose bulk dam of rocks, stones and earth was built on the river Bhagirathi near the town of Teri Uttarakande in India. Its height is 261 meters.
21.Damba Vajont Italy
Released from the use of the dam north of Venice, Italy. In 1963, there was a landslide dam that resulted in approximately 2,000 deaths.
22.Damba Inguri in Georgia
This hydroelectric dam on the Inguri River in Georgia - the second highest concrete dam arc type in the world.
23.Gidrokompleks Klezon-Diksens
Concrete gravity dam on the river Diksens in Switzerland, 285 meters high, is the highest dam of this type in the world.
24.Plotina Syaovan China
Syaovan - arch dam on the Mekong River in China. Its main purpose is to provide hydroelectric power.
25.Damba Nurek HPP
Nurek dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan - currently the highest dam in the world, with a height of 300 meters.
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1.Damba Toktogul
Toktogul - hydroelectric and irrigation dam on the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan's Jalalabad province. This dam is very low on our list, 215 meters high.
2.Gidroelektrostantsiya Longtan
Longtan dam - a big concrete dam on the river Hongshui in China. The height reaches 216.5 meters. This huge hydroelectric power was finally launched in 2009 and consists of 9 hydro generators.
3. Glen Canyon Dam
Named after the valley of Glen Canyon - a colorful series of gorges, most of which is now under water, the dam has created the second largest artificial lake in the United States. The height of the dam is about 219 meters.
4.Damba Dvorak
At 219 meters high, Dvorak - the third highest dam in the United States and the highest pryamoosnaya dam in the Western Hemisphere.
5.Damba Contra Switzerland
Also known as the Verzasca Dam and the Locarno, Contra - arch dam on the river Verzasca in Switzerland.
6.Plotina Hoover Arizona
Hoover Dam - one of the most famous and recognizable in the world and the most visited by tourists. Once known as Boulder Dam - a concrete dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada.
7.Damba Lutstsone Switzerland
With the highest vertical wall in an artificial world on one side, the dam Lutstsone reaches 225 meters in height.
8.Damba Bhakra
Concrete gravity dam across the river near the border Sutlezh between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in northern India.
9.Damba 4 Karun in Iran
Arch type dam on the Karun River in Iran. The main purpose of the construction of Karun 4 - power supply and flood control.
10.Damba Shuibuya
Designed not only for electricity generation, but also for flood control, navigation, tourism and fishing, Shuibuya dam is 233 meters high.
11.Chirkeyskaya HPP
This arch dam on the river Sulak - the highest dam of this type in Russia, with a height of 232.5 meters.
12.Plotina El Cajon, Honduras
Officially known as the Central hydroelectric behalf of Francisco Morazan, the dam is located in the western Honduras. Its height is 226 meters, and the length - 282 meters.
13.Damba Oroville, California
At 230 meters high, the bulk dam was built on the river Feather in California and is the highest in the United States.
14.Plotina Ertan in China
This dam is 240 meters high rises majestically above the river Yalong, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province, southwest China.
15.Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP
Located on the Yenisei River, near Sayanogorsk in Russia, the dam - the largest power plant in the country and the sixth largest hydroelectric plant in the world.
16.Ges Mick in Canada
This dam height of 243 meters spans the Columbia River 135 kilometers north of Revelstoke, Canada.
17.Plotina Deriner Turkey
Named after Deriner Ibrahim, who died during the work on the construction, as chief engineer of the research team, the dam is located on the river Soruh 3 miles east of Artvin, Turkey.
18.Damba Laksiva
Laxiwa dam 250 meters high built on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province in northwest China.
19.Damba Movuazen
Mount Blanc de Shelon in the background, the dam of the same name Movuazen formed lake in the Swiss Alps. The height of the dam is 250 meters.
20.Damba Teri
This multi-purpose bulk dam of rocks, stones and earth was built on the river Bhagirathi near the town of Teri Uttarakande in India. Its height is 261 meters.
21.Damba Vajont Italy
Released from the use of the dam north of Venice, Italy. In 1963, there was a landslide dam that resulted in approximately 2,000 deaths.
22.Damba Inguri in Georgia
This hydroelectric dam on the Inguri River in Georgia - the second highest concrete dam arc type in the world.
23.Gidrokompleks Klezon-Diksens
Concrete gravity dam on the river Diksens in Switzerland, 285 meters high, is the highest dam of this type in the world.
24.Plotina Syaovan China
Syaovan - arch dam on the Mekong River in China. Its main purpose is to provide hydroelectric power.
25.Damba Nurek HPP
Nurek dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan - currently the highest dam in the world, with a height of 300 meters.
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