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Dam and List of tallest dams

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Difference between Dam and List of tallest dams

Dam vs. List of tallest dams

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams. This is a list of the tallest dams in the world over in height.

Similarities between Dam and List of tallest dams

Dam and List of tallest dams have 28 things in common (in Unionpedia): Arch dam, Canada, Colorado River, Columbia River, Daniel-Johnson Dam, Embankment dam, Euphrates, Fierzë Hydroelectric Power Station, Glen Canyon Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, Hoover Dam, Indus River, Itaipu Dam, Karun, Moglicë Hydro Power Plant, New Melones Dam, Nurek Dam, Paraná River, Sacramento River, Shuibuya Dam, Tajikistan, Tarbela Dam, Three Gorges Dam, Tigris, United States, Usoi Dam, Vajont Dam, Yangtze.

Arch dam

An arch dam is a concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Colorado River

The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Rio Grande).

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Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Daniel-Johnson Dam

The Daniel-Johnson Dam (Barrage Daniel-Johnson), formerly known as Manic-5, is a multiple-arch buttress dam on the Manicouagan River that creates the annular Manicouagan Reservoir.

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Embankment dam

An embankment dam is a large artificial dam.

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Euphrates

The Euphrates (Sumerian: Buranuna; 𒌓𒄒𒉣 Purattu; الفرات al-Furāt; ̇ܦܪܬ Pǝrāt; Եփրատ: Yeprat; פרת Perat; Fırat; Firat) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.

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Fierzë Hydroelectric Power Station

The Fierza Hydroelectric Power Station (Hidrocentrali i Fierzës) is a large hydroelectric power station on the Drin River, in Albania.

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Glen Canyon Dam

Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page.

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Grand Coulee Dam

Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water.

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Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona.

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Indus River

The Indus River (also called the Sindhū) is one of the longest rivers in Asia.

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Itaipu Dam

The Itaipu Dam (Barragem de Itaipu, Represa de Itaipú) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.

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Karun

The Kārūn (کارون) is Iran's most effluent and only navigable river.

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Moglicë Hydro Power Plant

Moglicë Hydro Power Plant is a large hydroelectricity plant under construction on the river Devoll situated near the village Moglicë, Albania.

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New Melones Dam

New Melones Dam is an earth and rock filled embankment dam on the Stanislaus River, about west of Jamestown, California in the United States, on the border of Calaveras County and Tuolumne County.

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Nurek Dam

The Nurek Dam (Tajik: Нерӯгоҳи обии Норак, Nerūgohi obii Norak, Tajiki for Nurek Hydro-electric Station) is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan.

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Paraná River

The Paraná River (Río Paraná, Rio Paraná, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some.

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Sacramento River

The Sacramento River is the principal river of Northern California in the United States, and is the largest river in California.

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Shuibuya Dam

The Shuibuya Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill embankment dam on the Qingjiang River in Badong County, Enshi, Hubei Province, China.

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Tajikistan

Tajikistan (or; Тоҷикистон), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhuriyi Tojikiston), is a mountainous, landlocked country in Central Asia with an estimated population of million people as of, and an area of.

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Tarbela Dam

Tarbela Dam (Urdu/Pashto: تربیلا بند) is an earth fill dam on the Indus River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.

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Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China.

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Tigris

Batman River The Tigris (Sumerian: Idigna or Idigina; Akkadian: 𒁇𒄘𒃼; دجلة Dijlah; ܕܹܩܠܵܬ.; Տիգրիս Tigris; Դգլաթ Dglatʿ;, biblical Hiddekel) is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Usoi Dam

The Usoi Dam is a natural landslide dam along the Murghab River in Tajikistan.

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Vajont Dam

The Vajont Dam (or Vaiont Dam) is a disused dam, completed in 1959 in the valley of the Vajont River under Monte Toc, in the municipality of Erto e Casso, 100 km (60 miles) north of Venice, Italy.

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Yangtze

The Yangtze, which is 6,380 km (3,964 miles) long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world.

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Dam and List of tallest dams Comparison

Dam has 335 relations, while List of tallest dams has 467. As they have in common 28, the Jaccard index is 3.49% = 28 / (335 + 467).

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