World Top of the Tallest Largest Dams in the World Kariba Dam, Zimbabwe Kariba Dam is the world's biggest dam based on water storage capacity. Located at the former Kariwa (Kariba) Gorge, the dam creates Lake Kariba, which has a storage capacity of 185 billion cubic metres of water and a surface area of 5,580km2. The Lake Kariba covers a length of 280km and is 32km wide at its widest section. The dam is 128m high, 617m in length, and was constructed using 1.036 million cubic metres of concrete. It comprises of two power stations generating a combined 1,470MW of energy, which constitutes approximately 60% of the hydropower outputs for Zambia and Zimbabwe. Bratsk Dam, Russia Bratsk Dam in Siberia, Russia, ranks as the second biggest dam in the world thanks to its 169.27 billion cubic metres reservoir. The dam impounds the Angara River and the reservoir created by it covers a surface area of 5,540km2. Akosombo Dam, Ghana Akosombo dam, located in Ghana, is the third biggest dam based on water storage capacity. Constructed on the Volta River, the dam creates the 8,500km2 Lake Volta, which is the world's biggest reservoir by surface area. The lake impounds a mammoth 144 billion cubic metres of water. The Daniel Johnson Dam, also known as Manic 5 Dam, impounds the Manicouagan River that creates the Manicouagan Reservoir with a storage capacity of 139.8 billion cubic metres. The reservoir, having a surface area of 1,973km2, is the fourth biggest in the world.The dam is owned by Hydro-Québec and was constructed from 1959 to 1968. Guri Dam, Venezuela Guri, the world's fifth biggest dam, has a storage capacity of 135 billion cubic metres and creates the Guri Lake covering 4,000km2. The concrete gravity and embankment dam measures 1,300m in length and 16m in height, and provides for 70% of the country's electricity needs. It is operated by CVG Electrification del Caroni CA (Edelca). Aswan High Dam, Egypt The Aswan High Dam, which impounds the River Nile and creates Lake Nasser, The dam's reservoir, Lake Nasser, has a water storage capacity of 132 billion cubic metres. 12 Francis turbines with a combined installed capacity of 2,100MW. It is 111m in height, 3,830m in length980m. Its single spillway has a water discharge capacity of 11,000 cubic metres a second. W.A.C Bennett Dam, Canada W.A.C Bennett Dam, constructed on the Peace River in British Columbia, Canada, creates the Williston lake. The dam ranks as the seventh largest with a storage capacity of approximately 74 billion cubic metres and covers a surface area of 1,773km2 The construction of the dam was commenced in 1961 and completed in 1967. Krasnoyarsk Dam, Russia The world's eighth biggest dam is the Krasnoyarsk Dam, which impounds the Yenisey River and creates the Krasnoyarskoye reservoir with a storage capacity of 73.3 billion cubic metres. The reservoir covers a surface area of 2,000km2 and has a shoreline of approximately 1,560km. Zeya Dam, Russia The Zeya Dam, built on the Zeya River in the Amur Oblast of Russia, north of the Chinese border, creates the Zeya reservoir with a storage capacity of 68.42 billion cubic metres, which is the ninth biggest dam based on reservoir capacity. The reservoir covers a surface area of 2,419km2. The Zeya Dam is owned by RusHydro and was constructed by Zeyagesstroy and Bureyagesstroy from 1964 to 1975. The dam's power plant comprises of six generating units with a combined installed capacity of 1,290MW.Canada The Robert Bourassa Dam impounding the La Grande River in northern Quebec, Canada, creates the Robert-Bourassa Reservoir. It is the world's tenth biggest dam and has a reservoir capacity of 61.7 billion cubic metres The dam is owned by Hydro-Québec and was constructed from 1974 to 1981. The dam's two power plants are fitted with 16 Francis turbines having a combined installed capacity of 5,616MW. Alstom is carrying out a major refurbishment and upgrade of the dam's power stations Source-http://goo.gl/gsniKF I,Kalyani Das hereby declare that all information regarding this video I collect from www.wikipedia.org and all Images use to make this video is from Google Search www.google.com . I use Google Advanced Search to collect those images, usage rights : "free to use, share or modify, even commercially" section. Background Sound of this video I collect from Youtube Audio Library which are free to use. Thank you.

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