List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
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Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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Balochistan
- Akra Kaur Dam
- Burj Aziz Khan Dam
- Garuk Dam (planned)
- Hingol Dam (planned)
- Hub DamHub DamHub Dam is a large water storage reservoir constructed in 1981 on the Hub River on the arid plains north of Karachi. It is located on the provincial border between Balochistan and Sindh, Pakistan...
- Mirani DamMirani DamMirani Dam is a medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced rock-filled dam located on the Dasht River south of the Central Makran Range in Kech District in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Its . reservoir is fed by the Kech River and the Nihing River....
- Naulong Dam (under construction)
- Pelar Dam (planned)
- Sabakzai Dam
- Shakidor DamShakidor DamShakidor Dam was a small dam located near Pasni in Balochistan province of Pakistan. The dam is 485 metres long. It was constructed in 2003 at a cost of 45 million Pakistani Rupees to provide irrigation for nearby farms....
- Sukleji Dam (planned)
- Wali Tangi Dam
- Winder Dam (planned)
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
- Bara Dam (planned)
- Gomal Zam DamGomal Zam DamGomal Zam Dam is a hydro-electric power and irrigation project under construction in northwest Pakistan. It sits on the Gomal River in the South Waziristan Agency. The Gomal flows from neighboring Afghanistan southeast to the Indus River, of which it is a tributary...
(nearing completion) - Kurram Tangi Dam (planned)
- Munda DamMunda DamMunda Dam is an under-construction medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced rock-filled dam located on the Swat River approximately 37 km north of Peshawar and 5 km upstream of Munda Headworks in the Mohmand Agency of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas .Upon completion, the dam will...
(under construction)
Gilgit-Baltistan
- Bunji Dam (planned)
- Diamer-Bhasha DamDiamer-Bhasha damDiamer-Bhasha Dam is an under-construction roller compacted concrete dam on the River Indus in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan on 18 October 2011. Upon completion, Diamer-Bhasha Dam would be the highest RCC dam in the world...
(under construction) - Satpara DamSatpara DamSatpara Dam is an under-construction medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced earth-filled dam located downstream of the existing Satpara Lake on the Satpara Stream approximateley 4 km from the town of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan....
(nearing completion)
Islamabad Capital Territory
- Rawal DamRawal lakeRawal Lake in Pakistan is an artificial reservoir that provides the water needs for the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Korang River along with some other small streams coming from Margalla Hills have been set to form this artificial lake which covers an area of 8.8 km². Korang River is...
- Simly DamSimly DamSimly Dam is an 80m high earthen embankment dam on the Soan River, 30 km east of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. It is the largest reservoir of drinking water to people living in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The water stored in this dam is fed by the melting snow & natural springs of Murree...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Darmalak Dam (under construction)
- Jabba Khattak Dam (under construction)
- Karak Dam (under construction)
- Khair Bara Dam (under construction)
- Khanpur DamKhanpur DamKhanpur Dam is a dam located on the Haro River near the town of Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan, about 25 miles from Islamabad, Pakistan...
- Lawaghar Dam (under construction)
- Karak Dam (under construction)
- Palai Dam (under construction)
- Tanda Dam (Ramsar Site)Tanda Dam (Ramsar Site)Tanda Dam is a small dam located in Kohat District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.The site comprises a small water storage area in semi-arid hills in the catchment of the Kohat Toi River...
- Tarbela DamTarbela DamTarbela Dam on the Indus River in Pakistan is the second largest dam in the world by structural volume. It is located in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, about northwest of Islamabad.The dam is high above the riverbed. The dam forms the Tarbela Reservoir, with a surface area of approximately...
- Warsak DamWarsak DamWarsak Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam located on the Kabul River approximately 20 km northwest of the city of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.- History :...
Punjab
- Akhori DamAkhori DamThe Akhori Dam Project is one of the projects of Water Vision 2025, which is proposed by the former Pakistan Muslim League 's Government. The dam will stored about 8.6 billion cubic meters of water that is split filling the Tarbela reservoir during the monsoon season.-Controversy:The local people...
(planned) - Dhrabi Dam
- Dohngi DamDohngi DamDohngi Dam is a small dam situated 2 kilometers northwest of Gujar Khan in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan....
- Ghabir Dam (under construction)
- Kalabagh DamKalabagh DamThe Kalabagh dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Indus River at Kalabagh in Mianwali District of the Punjab province in Pakistan. The project has been controversial since its inception.-History:...
(planned) - Khai Dam
Sindh
- Darawat Dam (under construction)
- Karoonjhar DamKaroonjhar DamKaroonjhar Dam is a dam in Tharparkar, Sindh, Pakistan.-See also:* Karoonjhar Mountains...
- Nai Gaj Dam (under construction)