List of hydroelectric power stations

This article lists hydroelectric

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...

power station

Power station

A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....

s that generate power using the conventional dammed

Dam

A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...

method. This list includes power stations that are larger than in maximum net capacity, and are currently operational or under construction. Those power stations that are smaller than , or those that are only at a planning/proposal stage may be found in regional lists, listed at the end of the page.

At present, the largest hydroelectric power station is the Three Gorges Dam

Three Gorges Dam

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

in China, currently rated at in total installed capacity but planned to reach in the future. After passing the mark of the Itaipu Dam, the facility was ranked as the largest power-generating facility ever built. The dam is 181 m (594 ft) high, 2335 m (7,661 ft) long and 115 m (377 ft) in width. Power is generated by 32 turbines

Water turbine

A water turbine is a rotary engine that takes energy from moving water.Water turbines were developed in the 19th century and were widely used for industrial power prior to electrical grids. Now they are mostly used for electric power generation. They harness a clean and renewable energy...

rated at , and two turbines rated , which is used to power the facility itself. Construction of this dam commenced in 1994, and is expected to be completed by 2011, nearly two decades after it started.

The next three largest dams after the Three Gorges Dam are the Itaipu Dam, Guri Dam

Guri Dam

The Guri Dam is a concrete gravity and embankment dam in Bolívar State, Venezuela on the Caroni River. Its official name is Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar...

and the Tucurui Dam

Tucurui dam

The Tucuruí Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Tocantins River located on the Tucuruí County in the State of Pará, Brazil. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and navigation. It is the first large-scale hydroelectric project in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. The...

, rated at , and respectively. All four dams are the largest power-generating bodies respectively, before the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant

The is a large, modern nuclear power plant on a 4.2-square-kilometer site including land in the towns of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture, Japan on the coast of the Sea of Japan, from where it gets cooling water...

at , currently the largest non-renewable

Non-renewable resource

A non-renewable resource is a natural resource which cannot be produced, grown, generated, or used on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate, once depleted there is no more available for future needs. Also considered non-renewable are resources that are consumed much faster than nature...

energy-generating facility in the world. The currently planned Grand Inga Dam

Grand Inga Dam

The Grand Inga Dam is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Congo River at Inga Falls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The proposed dam is the fourth and largest of the Inga Dams, from Inga-I, from Inga-II, and from the proposed Inga-III....

would be nearly twice the size of the Three Gorges Dam at , surpassing all power-generating facilities once it passes the current-highest mark.

Hydroelectric power stations

This lists ranks the world's conventional hydroelectric power stations that have an installed or under construction electric power generation capacity of at least 1,000 MW.

Station	Country	Location Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position...	Capacity (MW)
Água Vermelha Dam Água Vermelha Dam The Água Vermelha Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Iturama in Minas Gerais/São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control. Construction on the dam began in 1973 and it was completed and operational by 1978...	Brazil	19°56′59"S 49°53′54"W	1,396
Ahai Dam Ahai Dam The Ahai Dam is an under construction gravity dam on the Jinsha River in Yulong County, Lijiang Prefecture and in the river reach at about 5 km in the lower reaches of Cuiyu river mouth.-Situation:...	Mainland China	27°19′59"N 100°30′27"E	2,000
Akosombo Dam Akosombo Dam The Akosombo Dam , is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta River in southeastern Ghana in the Akosombo gorge and part of the Volta River Authority. The construction of the dam flooded part of the Volta River Basin, and the subsequent creation of Lake Volta...	Ghana	06°17′59"N 00°03′34"E	1,020
Alberto Lleras (Guavio) Dam Alberto Lleras Dam The Alberto Lleras Dam, also known as the Guavio Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Guavio River near Guavio, Colombia. The dam was built in 1989 and is currently one of the tallest dams in the world, with a height of...	Colombia	04°43′29"N 73°28′59"W	1,150
Aldeadávila Dam Aldeadávila Dam Aldeadávila Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Douro River on the border between Spain and Portugal. The Douro River forms the international boundary between Portugal and Spain. The nearest Spanish town is Aldeadávila de la Ribera in the Province of Salamanca, about to the east...	Spain Portugal	41°12′42"N 6°41′08"W	1,200
Alicurá Dam Alicurá Dam The Alicurá Dam is the first of five dams on the Limay River in northwestern Argentine Patagonia , about 100 km from the city of San Carlos de Bariloche and 705 m above mean sea level. It was inaugurated in 1985.The dam is used primarily for the generation of hydroelectricity with an installed...	Argentina	40°35′10"S 70°45′09"W	1,000
Aswan High Dam	Egypt	23°58′14"N 32°52′40"E	2,100
Atatürk Dam Atatürk Dam The Atatürk Dam , originally the Karababa Dam, is a zoned rock-fill dam with a central core on the Euphrates River on the border of Adıyaman Province and Şanlıurfa Province in Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey...	Turkey	37°28′54"N 38°19′03"E	2,400
Baihetan Dam Baihetan Dam The Baihetan Dam is a large hydroelectric dam under construction on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River) in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, in the southwest of China. The facility will generate power by utilizing eighteen turbines, each with a generating capacity of , totalling the...	Mainland China	28°15′06"N 103°39′34"E	13,050
Baishan Dam Baishan Dam The Baishan Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the Second Songhua River near the town of Baishanzhen, Huadian, Jilin Province, China. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and flood control...	Mainland China	42°43′35"N 127°13′25"E	1,800
Bakun Hydroelectric Power Station	Malaysia	02°45′23"N 114°03′47"E	2,400
Bento Munhoz (Foz do Areia) Dam Bento Munhoz Hydroelectric Plant The Governor Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto Hydroelectric Plant, formerly known as Foz do Areia, is dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Iguazu River near Foz do Areia in Paraná, Brazil. It is the furthest dam upstream of the Iguazu Falls and was constructed between 1976 and 1980...	Brazil	26°00′34"S 51°40′00"W	1,674
Bersimis-1 generating station Bersimis-1 generating station The Bersimis-1 generating station is a dam and a hydroelectric power station built by Hydro-Québec on the Betsiamites River, in Lac-au-Brochet, north of the town of Forestville, Quebec...	Canada	49°18′31"N 69°33′50"W	1,178
Bhakra Dam Bhakra Dam Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Sutlej River, and is near the border between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in northern India.The dam, located at a gorge near the upstream Bhakra village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, is Asia's second highest at 225.55 m high next to...	India	31°24′39"N 76°26′00"E	1,325
Boguchany Hydroelectric Power Station Boguchany hydroelectric power station The Boguchany Dam is a large hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Angara River in Kodinsk, Russia.- History :Preparatory works for construction started in 1974. The design was performed by Hydroproject in 1976. Construction of the power station started in 1980 but was suspended in...	Russia	58°41′41"N 99°08′56"E	3,000
Boundary Dam Boundary Dam Boundary Dam is a concrete arch gravity-type hydroelectric dam on the Pend Oreille River, in the U.S. state of Washington. The dam is located in the northeast corner of Washington state, just south of the border with British Columbia, Canada. It is operated by Seattle City Light and makes up a...	United States	48°59′14"N 117°20′51"W	1,024
Bratsk Dam	Russia	56°17′10"N 101°47′10"E	4,500
Bureya Dam Bureya Dam The Bureya Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Bureya River in the Russian Far East.-History:Bureya hydroelectric power station was built by Bureyagesstroy. Construction started in 1976, but was halted until 1999. In 1999, RAO UES restarted the project. The dam was completed and the first unit...	Russia	50°16′07"N 130°18′54"E	2,010
Cahora Bassa Dam Cahora Bassa Dam The Cahora Bassa Dam system is the largest hydroelectric scheme in southern Africa with the powerhouse containing five turbines. It is one of the three major dams on the Zambezi river system, the others being Kariba and Itezhi-Tezhi. However, Itezhi-Tezhi is not on the main stream of the Zambezi,...	Mozambique	15°35′07"S 32°42′17"E	2,075
Caruachi Dam	Venezuela	08°09′36"N 62°47′55"W	2,160
Changheba Dam Changheba Dam The Changheba Dam is an under construction concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Dadu River near Kangding in Sichuan Province, China. Initial construction on the dam began in 2006, it was officially approved in December 2010 and its power station is expected to be operational by 2016...	Mainland China	30°15′43"N 102°11′43"E	2,600
Cheboksary Hydroelectric Station Cheboksary Hydroelectric Station The Cheboksary Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Volga river, the latest of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams.- Technical data :Construction started in the USSR in 1968 and mostly completed by 1986. Complex consists of power plant built in dam 548 m long, concrete spillway dam 120 m long, earth fill...	Russia	56°08′17"N 47°27′56"E	1,404
Chicoasén (Manual Torres) Dam Chicoasén Dam The Chicoasén Dam is an embankment dam and hydroelectric power station on the Grijalva River near Chicoasén in Chiapas, Mexico. The dam's power plant, known as "Manuel Moreno Torres" contains 5 x 300 MW, 3 x 310 MW Francis turbine-generators. Torres was Comisión Federal de Electricidad's Director...	Mexico	16°56′30"N 93°06′02"W	2,430
Chirkey Dam Chirkey Dam The Chirkey Dam is an arch dam on the Sulak River in Dagestan, Russia. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it supports a 1,000 MW power station...	Russia	42°58′38"N 46°52′15"E	1,000
Churchill Falls Churchill Falls Generating Station The Churchill Falls Generating Station is a hydroelectric power station located on the Churchill River in Newfoundland and Labrador. The underground power station can generate 5,428 MW, which makes it the second-largest in Canada, after the Robert-Bourassa generating station. The generating station...	Canada	53°31′46"N 63°58′05"W	5,428
Dachaoshan Dam	Mainland China	24°01′38"N 100°22′19"E	1,350
Dagangshan Dam Dagangshan Dam The Dagangshan Dam is an under construction arch dam on the Dadu River near the village of Dagangshan in Sichuan Province, China. The dam will house a hydroelectric power station with 4 x 650 MW generators for a total installed capacity of 2,600 MW...	Mainland China	29°26′57"N 102°13′02"E	2,600
Danjiangkou Dam Danjiangkou Dam The Danjiangkou Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Han river near Danjiangkou in Hubei Province, China. The dam is part of the South-North Water Transfer Project and was heightened to in order to increase reservoir capacity. The original dam was constructed between 1958 and 1973 and heightened...	Mainland China	32°33′21"N 111°29′16"E	1,035
Dnieper Hydroelectric Station Dnieper Hydroelectric Station The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station is the largest hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River, placed in Zaporizhia, Ukraine.- Early Plans :In the lower current of the Dnieper River there were almost 100 km long part of the river filled with rapids...	Ukraine	47°52′09"N 35°05′13"E	1,500
El Chocón Dam El Chocón Dam The El Chocón Dam is the fourth of the five dams on the Limay River in the northwestern Argentine Patagonia , at , above mean sea level. El Chocón is on the Limay River at about upstream of its confluence with the Neuquén River....	Argentina	39°17′00"S 68°48′00"W	1,200
Emborcação Dam Emborcação Dam The Emborcação Dam, also known as Theodomiro Sampaio, is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near Araguari in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control.-Background:...	Brazil	18°34′33"S 47°52′37"W	1,192
Ertan Dam Ertan Dam The Ertan Dam is an arch dam on the Yalong River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province, southwest China.The dam has six hydroelectric generators, each with a generating capacity of 550 MW. The total generating capacity of the facility is 3,300 MW, one of the largest hydroelectric...	Mainland China	26°49′16"N 101°46′52"E	3,300
Fengman Dam Fengman Dam The Fengman Dam is a concrete gravity dam from Jilin City on the Second Songhua River in Jilin Province, China. The main purposes of the dam are hydroelectric power generation and flood control. Construction of the dam began in 1937 and was complete in 1953...	Mainland China	43°43′10"N 126°41′18"E	1,004
Furnas Dam	Brazil	20°40′11"S 46°19′05"W	1,240
Geheyan Dam Geheyan dam The Geheyan Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the Qingjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, in Hubei, China.The dam is located in Changyang Tujia Autonomous County , just a few kilometers to the west from the county seat.The dam is designed in 1987, and is equipped with a ship lift capable...	Mainland China	30°28′3"N 111°8′23"E	1,200
Gezhouba Dam Gezhouba Dam The Gezhouba Dam or Gezhouba Water Control Project on the Yangtze River is located in the western suburbs of Yichang City in central China's Hubei province. The dam sits a few kilometers upstream from downtown Yichang, just downstream of the fall of the Huangbo River into the Yangtze. Construction...	Mainland China	30°44′23"N 111°16′20"E	3,115
Glen Canyon Dam Glen Canyon Dam Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona in the United States, just north of Page. The dam was built to provide hydroelectricity and flow regulation from the upper Colorado River Basin to the lower. Its reservoir is called Lake Powell, and is the second...	United States	36°56′14"N 111°29′04"W	1,296
Gongboxia Dam Gongboxia Dam The Gongboxia Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Yellow River in Longhua County, Qinghai Province, China. The dam supports a 1,500 MW hydroelectric power station....	Mainland China	35°52′40"N 102°13′56"E	1,500
Goupitan Dam Goupitan Dam The Goupitan Dam is an under construction concrete arch dam on the Wujiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Guizhou Province, southwest of China. The dam's hydroelectric facility will operate on five turbines, each with a hydroelectric generating capacity of , for a total of ....	Mainland China	27°22′31"N 107°37′59"E	3,000
Gibe III Dam Gibe III dam The Gilgel Gibe III Dam is an under construction 243 m high roller-compacted concrete dam with an associated hydroelectric power plant on the Omo river in Ethiopia. Once completed it would be the largest hydroelectric plant in Africa with a power output of about 1870 Megawatt , thus more than...	Ethiopia	11°12′51"N 06°5′35"E	5,250
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam , formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as Hidase Dam, is an under construction gravity dam on the Blue Nile River about east of Sudan in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia...	Ethiopia	11°12′51"N 35°5′35"E	5,250
Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam is a gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation. It was constructed between 1933 and 1942, originally with two power plants. A third power station was completed in 1974 to increase its energy...	United States	47°57′24"N 118°59′00"W	6,809
Guandi Dam Guandi Dam The Guandi Dam is an under construction gravity dam on the Yalong River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province Southwest of China. It supplies water to four hydroelectric generators, each with generating capacity of 600 MW. The total generating capacity of the project is 2,400 MW....	Mainland China	27°44′39"N 101°55′47"E	2,400
Guangzhao Dam Guangzhao Dam The Guangzhao Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Beipan River near Guangzhao in Guanling County, Guizhou Province, China. The main purpose of the project is hydroelectric power generation with additional purposes of water regulation and irrigation...	Mainland China	25°57′34"N 105°15′03"E	1,040
Guanyinyan Dam Guanyinyan Dam The Guanyinyan Dam is an under construction gravity dam on the Jinsha River southwest of Panzhihua on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and flood control. Construction on the dam started in 2008 and the river was diverted...	Mainland China	26°31′17"N 101°26′16"E	3,000
Guri Dam Guri Dam The Guri Dam is a concrete gravity and embankment dam in Bolívar State, Venezuela on the Caroni River. Its official name is Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar...	Venezuela	07°46′00"N 63°00′00"W	10,200
Hòa Bình Dam Hòa Bình Dam The Hòa Bình Dam is the largest hydroelectric dam in Vietnam, and also the largest in South East Asia. Power is generated by utilizing eight turbines with a capacity of , totalling the installed capacity to . The Song Da Reservoir was formed as the river was dammed.The dam is located in Hòa Bình...	Vietnam	20°48′30"N 105°19′26"E	1,960
Hoover Dam Hoover Dam Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President...	United States	36°00′56"N 114°44′16"W	2,080
Houziyan Dam Houziyan Dam The Houziyan Dam is an under construction embankment dam on the Dadu River in Danba County, Sichuan province, China. When completed, the dam will be tall and withhold a reservoir with a normal capacity of...	Mainland China	30°32′46"N 102°03′29"E	1,700
Ilha Solteira Dam Ilha Solteira Dam The Ilha Solteira Dam is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Ilha Solteira in São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed between 1967 and 1973 for hydroelectric power production, flood control and navigation....	Brazil	20°22′58"S 51°21′44"W	3,444
Ilisu Dam Ilisu Dam The Ilisu Dam is an embankment dam under construction on the Tigris River near the village of Ilisu and along the border of Mardin and Sirnak Provinces in Turkey. It is one of the 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project and its purpose is hydroelectric power production, flood control and...	Turkey	37°34′00"N 41°54′00"E	1,200
Infiernillo Dam Infiernillo Dam The Infiernillo Dam , also known as Adolfo Lopez Mateos Dam, is an embankment dam on the Balsas River near La Unión, Guerrero, Mexico. The dam supports a hydroelectric power station containing six turbine-generators for a total installed capacity of 1,120 MW. The dam is high, long and is owned by...	Mexico	18°16′23"N 101°53′34"W	1,120
Indirasagar Dam	India	22°17′02"N 76°28′17"E	1,000
Inga-II Dam	Democratic Republic of the Congo	05°31′44"S 13°37′14"E	1,424
Inguri Dam Inguri Dam The Inguri Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Inguri River in Georgia. Currently it is the world's highest concrete arch dam with a height of . It is located north of the town Jvari...	Georgia (country)	42°45′36"N 42°01′48"E	1,300
Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station	Kingdom of Romania Serbia	44°40′15"N 22°31′45"E	2,160
Itá Dam	Brazil	27°16′00"S 52°19′00"W	1,450
Itaipu Dam	Brazil Paraguay	25°24′31"S 54°35′21"W	14,000
Itumbiara Dam Itumbiara Dam The Itumbiara Dam is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near Itumbiara in Goiás, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 2,082 MW installed capacity...	Brazil	18°25′00"S 49°13′00"W	2,082
Jean-Lesage generating station	Canada	49°19′18"N 68°20′49"W	1,145
Jishixia Dam Jishixia Dam The Jishixia Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province, China. It is tall and downstream from the Gongboxia Dam. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and flood control. The dam supports a power station with 3 x 340 MW Francis...	Mainland China	35°49′42"N 102°42′23"E	1,020
Jinanqiao Dam Jinanqiao Dam The Jinanqiao Dam or Jin'anqiao is a concrete gravity dam on the Jinsha River southeast of Lijiang City in Yunnan Province, China. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and flood control....	Mainland China	26°48′27"N 100°26′52"E	2,400
Jinghong Dam Jinghong Dam The Jinghong Dam is a gravity dam composed of roller-compacted concrete on the Lancang River near Jinghong in Yunnan Province, China. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it has an associated 1,750 MW power station. Part of the power generated will be sold to Thailand...	Mainland China	22°3′9"N 100°45′54"E	1,750
Jinping-I Dam	Mainland China	28°11′07"N 101°37′42"E	3,600
Jinping-II Dam	Mainland China	28°14′20"N 101°38′32"E	4,800
Eng Souza Dias (Jupiá) Dam Eng Souza Dias Dam The Engineer Souza Dias Dam, formerly known as the Jupiá Dam is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Três Lagoas in São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production, flood control and navigation. Studies on the dam and power plant began in 1951 which recommended the...	Brazil	26°27′00"S 52°40′00"W	1,424
Karakaya Dam Karakaya Dam The Karakaya Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey, built on the Euphrates River and completed in 1987. The hydroelectric dam generates power with six units of , totalling the installed capacity to ....	Turkey	38°13′40"N 39°08′20"E	1,800
Kariba Dam Kariba Dam The Kariba Dam is a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is one of the largest dams in the world, standing tall and long.- Construction :...	Zambia Zimbabwe	16°31′18"S 28°45′41"E	1,320
Karun-1 Dam	Iran	32°07′00"N 49°37′00"E	2,000
Karun-3 Dam Karun-3 dam The Karun-3 dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Karun river in the province of Khuzestan, Iran. It was built to help meet Iran's energy demands as well as to provide flood control. The Karun has the highest discharge of Iran's rivers....	Iran	31°48′00"N 50°05′00"E	2,280
Karun-4 Dam Karun-4 dam The Karun-4 Dam is an arch dam on the Karun River in the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran. The Karun has the highest discharge of Iran's rivers. The objectives of the construction of Karun-4 dam and hydroelectric power plant are electric power supply and flood control.The dam is a...	Iran	31°36′00"N 50°28′00"E	1,000
Keban Dam Keban Dam The Keban Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates, located in the Elazığ Province of Turkey. The dam was the first and most upstream of several large-scale dams to be built on the Euphrates by Turkey...	Turkey	38°48′25"N 38°45′25"E	1,330
Koyna Hydroelectric Project Koyna Hydroelectric Project The Koyna Hydroelectric Project is the largest completed hydroelectric power plant of India. It is a complex project consisting of total four dams with the largest Dam built on Koyna River known as Koyna Dam hence the name Koyna Hydroelectric project. The project uses potential of water from Koyna...	India	17°24′06"N 73°45′08"E	1,920
Krasnoyarsk Dam	Russia	55°56′05"N 92°17′40"E	6,000
Kvilldal Hydroelectric Power Station Kvilldal Hydroelectric Power Station The Kvilldal Power Station is a large hydroelectric power station located in the municipality Suldal in Rogaland, Norway. The facility operates at an installed capacity of , making it the largest power station in Norway in terms capacity. The stations is operated by Statkraft.- See also :* List of...	Norway	59°31′00"N 06°38′00"E	1,240
La Grande-2-A generating station La Grande-2-A generating station The La Grande-2-A is a hydroelectric power station on the La Grande River that is part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project. The station can generate 2,106 MW and was commissioned in 1991–1992. Together with the adjacent Robert-Bourassa generating station, it uses the reservoir and dam system...	Canada	53°47′09"N 77°27′07"W	2,106
La Grande-3 generating station La Grande-3 generating station The La Grande-3 or LG-3 is a hydroelectric dam on the La Grande River in northern Quebec, part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project. The station can generate 2,418 MW and was commissioned in 1982-1984. It generates electricity through the reservoir and dam system. The dam and reservoir both are...	Canada	53°43′40"N 75°59′55"W	2,417
La Grande-4 generating station La Grande-4 generating station The La Grande-4 is a hydroelectric generating station on the La Grande River that is part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project. The station can generate 2,779 MW and was commissioned in 1984–1986...	Canada	53°53′12"N 73°27′55"W	2,779
Laxiwa Dam Laxiwa Dam The Laxiwa Dam is an arch dam on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province, northwest China. It is downstream of the Longyangxia Dam and upstream from the Lijiaxia Dam. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports the largest station in the Yellow River basin...	Mainland China	36°04′13"N 101°11′08"E	4,200
Lijiaxia Dam Lijiaxia Dam The Lijiaxia Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Yellow River in Jainca County, Qinghai Province, China. The dam houses a hydroelectric power station with 5 x 400 MW generators for a total installed capacity of 2,000 MW. Construction began in April 1988 and the reservoir began to fill on...	Mainland China	36°7′7"N 101°48′29"E	2,000
Liujiaxia Dam Liujiaxia Dam The Liujiaxia Dam is a major hydroelectric dam on the upper Yellow River, in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of China's Gansu Province. The dam and its hydroelectric facility are located in Liujia Gorge, or Liujiaxia , just downstream from the fall of the Tao River into the Yellow River...	Mainland China	35°56′02"N 103°20′34"E	1,225
Liyuan Dam Liyuan Dam The Liyuan Dam is an under construction concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Jinsha River on the border of Yulong County and Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province, China. The dam will have an associated hydroelectric power station with a 2,400 MW power station containing 4 x 600 MW generators...	Mainland China	27°39′36"N 100°17′12"E	2,400
Longkaikou Dam Longkaikou Dam The Longkaikou Dam is an under construction gravity dam on the Jinsha River near Lijiang in Yunnan province, China. The dam will have a height of and be constructed of roller-compacted concrete. Construction on the dam began in 2007 and was halted in June 2009 by the Ministry of Environmental...	Mainland China	26°31′57"N 100°24′58"E	1,800
Longtan Dam Longtan dam Longtan Dam is a large roller-compacted concrete gravity dam on the Hongshui River in Tian'e County of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, a tributary of the Xi River and the Pearl River. The dam is high and long; it is the tallest of its type in the world. The dam is intended for...	Mainland China	25°01′38"N 107°02′51"E	6,426
Longyangxia Dam Longyangxia Dam The Longyangxia Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam at the entrance of the Longyangxia canyon on the Yellow River in Gonghe County, Qinghai Province, China. The dam is tall and was built for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation, irrigation, ice control and flood control...	Mainland China	36°7′21"N 100°55′12"E	1,280
Ludila Dam Ludila Dam The Ludila Dam is an under construction gravity dam on the Jinsha River near Lijiang in Yunnan province, China. Construction on the dam began in 2007 and was halted in June 2009 by the Ministry of Environmental Protection after it was being constructed without approval. An estimated 16,900 people...	Mainland China	26°12′01"N 100°48′54"E	2,160
Luiz Barreto Dam Luiz Barreto Dam The Luiz Carlos Barreto de Carvalho Dam, formerly known as Estreito, is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Fronteira in São Paulo, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 1,050 MW installed capacity.-Background:...	Brazil	20°9′11"S 47°16′46"W	1,087
Luiz Gonzaga Dam Luiz Gonzaga Dam The Luiz Gonzaga Dam, formerly known as the Itaparica Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the São Francisco River 25 km downstream of Petrolândia in Pernambuco, Brazil. The dam was built for navigation, and hydroelectric power generation as it supports a 1,479 MW power station...	Brazil	9°8′38"S 38°18′48"W	1,479
Macagua Dam Macagua Dam The Macagua Dam, officially known as Antonio José de Sucre, is an embankment dam with concrete gravity sections on the Caroní River in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar State, Venezuela. It is upstream from the confluence of the Caroni and Orinoco Rivers, downstream of the Guri Dam and downstream of the...	Venezuela	8°18′14"N 62°40′05"W	3,152
Machadinho Hydroelectric Power Station	Brazil	27°34′00"S 51°40′00"W	1,140
Malpaso (Nezahualcoyotl) Dam Malpaso Dam The Malpaso Dam is an embankment dam on the Grijalva River near Tecpatán in Chiapas, Mexico. The dam supports a hydroelectric power station containing 6 x 180 MW Francis turbine-generators for a total installed capacity of 1,080 MW. The dam is tall and in length...	Mexico	17°10′43"N 93°35′54"W	1,080
Mangla Dam Mangla Dam The Mangla Dam is located on the Jhelum River in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is the sixteenth largest dam in the world. It was built from 1961 to 1967 with funding from the World Bank. The project was designed and supervised by Binnie & Partners of London, and it was built...	Pakistan	33°08′31"N 73°38′42"E	1,000
Manic-5 Generating Station Daniel-Johnson Dam The Daniel-Johnson Dam , formerly known as Manic-5, is a multiple arch buttress dam on the Manicouagan River which creates Manicouagan Reservoir. The dam is composed of 14 buttresses and 13 arches and is north of Baie-Comeau in Quebec, Canada...	Canada	50°38′21"N 68°43′35"W	1,596
Manic-5-PA Generating Station Daniel-Johnson Dam The Daniel-Johnson Dam , formerly known as Manic-5, is a multiple arch buttress dam on the Manicouagan River which creates Manicouagan Reservoir. The dam is composed of 14 buttresses and 13 arches and is north of Baie-Comeau in Quebec, Canada...	Canada	50°28′30"N 68°43′46"W	1,064
Manwan Dam Manwan Dam The Manwan Dam is a large hydroelectric dam in China. It is built on the Mekong River with a capacity of 1,750 MW. - External links :* * Yu Xiaogang & Jia Jiguo: *...	Mainland China	24°37′20"N 100°26′56"E	1,500
Marimbondo Dam Marimbondo Dam The Marimbondo Dam is an embankment dam on the Grande River near Fronteira in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The dam serves an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 1,440 MW installed capacity.-Background:...	Brazil	40°46′28"S 49°21′20"W	1,440
Masjed Soleyman Dam Masjed Soleyman Dam The Masjed Soleyman Dam previously named "Godar-e Landar" is a dam in Iran on the Karun river. It is about high and generates 2,000 MW of power, and its reservoir holds of water. The dam is a rockfill structure with a clay core built for the Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co. The dam...	Iran	32°01′40"S 49°24′01"W	1,000
McNary Dam McNary Dam McNary Dam is a 1.4-mile long concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam which spans the Columbia River. It joins Umatilla County, Oregon with Benton County, Washington, 292 miles upriver from the mouth of the Columbia at Astoria, Oregon. It is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' McNary...	United States	45°55′47"N 119°17′46"W	1,127
Merowe Dam Merowe Dam The Merowe Dam, also known as Merowe High Dam, Merowe Multi-Purpose Hydro Project or Hamdab Dam, is a large dam near Merowe Town in northern Sudan, about north of the capital Khartoum. Its dimensions make it the largest contemporary hydropower project in Africa...	Sudan	18°40′08"N 32°03′01"E	1,250
Mica Dam Mica Dam The Mica Dam is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River 135 kilometres north of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. Completed in 1973 under the terms of the 1964 Columbia River Treaty, the Mica powerhouse has a generating capacity of . The dam is operated by BC Hydro...	Canada	52°04′40"N 118°33′59"W	1,805
Mosul Dam Mosul Dam Mosul Dam or Chambarakat Dam, formerly known as Saddam Dam , is the largest dam in Iraq. It is located on the Tigris River in the western governorate of Ninawa, upstream of the city of Mosul. The hydroelectric dam holds, at full capacity, about of water and provides electricity to the...	Iraq	36°37′49"N 42°49′23"E	1,010
Myitsone Dam Myitsone Dam The Myitsone Dam is a large dam and hydroelectric power development project currently under construction on the Irawaddy River in Burma . If completed as planned in 2017, it will be the fifteenth largest hydroelectric power station in the world...	Myanmar	25°41′43"N 97°29′49"E	3,600
Nam Theun II Dam	Laos	17°30′14"N 105°01′53"E	1,070
Nathpa Jhakri Dam	India	31°33′50"N 77°58′49"E	1,530
Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Station Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Station The Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Station , also known as Lower Kama, is a dam and hydroelectric power station on the lower Kama River near Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan, Russia. The purpose of the dam is power production, navigation and water supply. It powers a 1,248 MW station with 16 x 78 MW...	Russia	55°41′59"N 52°16′43"E	1,248
Nuozhadu Dam Nuozhadu Dam Nuozhadu Dam is an under construction embankment dam on the Lancang River in Yunnan Province, southwest China. The dam will be tall, and will create a reservoir with a normal capacity of at a level of asl. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production along with flood control and...	Mainland China	22°33′51"N 100°30′46"E	5,850
Nurek Dam Nurek Dam The Nurek Dam is an earth fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River in the central Asian nation of Tajikistan. Construction of the dam began in 1961 and was completed in 1980, when Tajikistan was still a republic within the Soviet Union. At it is currently the tallest dam in the world...	Tajikistan	38°22′00"N 69°21′00"E	3,015
Outardes-3 generating station	Canada	49°33′33"N 68°43′58"W	1,026
Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex The Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex , also known as the Paulo Afonso Complex, is a system of three dams and five hydroelectric power plants on the São Francisco River near the city of Paulo Afonso in Bahia, Brazil. The complex exploits an natural gap on the river, known as the Paulo Afonso Falls...	Brazil	9°23′49"S 38°12′08"W	4,279
Paute Dam Paute Dam The Paute Dam, also known as the Daniel Palacios Dam and the Amaluza Dam, is the largest hydroelectric dam in Ecuador. It is located on the Paute River, 125 km from Cuenca...	Ecuador	02°35′10"S 78°33′30"W	1,200
Pengshui Dam Pengshui Dam The Pengshui Dam is an arch dam on the Wujiang River in Wulong County, Chongqing, China. The dam provides water to a 1,750 MW hydroelectric power station containing 5 x 350 MW generators. Construction on the dam began in September 2003 and the power plant was operational in 2008....	Mainland China	29°12′02"N 108°11′50"E	1,750
Piedra del Águila Dam Piedra del Águila Dam The Piedra del Águila Dam is the second of five dams on the Limay River in northwestern Argentine Patagonia and 590 m above mean sea level, downstream from the confluence of the Limay and the Collón Curá River...	Argentina	40°11′25"S 69°59′29"W	1,400
Porto Primavera Dam	Brazil	15°34′45"S 56°05′49"W	1,540
Pubugou Dam Pubugou Dam The Pubugou Dam is concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Dadu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan Province...	Mainland China	29°12′34"N 102°50′11"E	3,600
Punchiná (San Carlos) Dam Punchiná Dam The Punchiná Dam is an embankment dam on the Guatapé River east of San Carlos in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The dam creates Punchiná Reservoir which is part of the 1,240 MW San Carlos Hydroelectric Power Plant. The power plant was completed in two 620 MW stages, the first was completed in...	Colombia	06°12′39"N 74°50′26"W	1,240
René-Lévesque generating station	Canada	49°44′25"N 68°35′34"W	1,244
Revelstoke Dam Revelstoke Dam The Revelstoke Dam, also known as Revelstoke Canyon Dam, is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia River, 5 km north of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. The powerhouse was completed in 1984 and has a generating capacity of 2480 MW. Four generating units were installed initially, with one...	Canada	51°02′58"N 118°11′38"W	1,980
Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station	United States	43°08′35"N 79°02′23"W	2,515
Robert-Bourassa generating station Robert-Bourassa generating station The Robert-Bourassa generating station is a hydroelectric power station on the La Grande River that is part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project in Canada...	Canada	53°47′43"N 77°26′26"W	5,616
Rocky Reach Dam Rocky Reach Dam Rocky Reach Dam is a hydroelectric dam in the U.S. state of Washington. Chelan County Public Utility District's Rocky Reach Dam and Hydro Project is located in north central Washington state, USA on the Columbia River, about seven miles upstream from the city of Wenatchee...	United States	47°32′00"N 120°17′40"W	1,287
Sakuma Dam Sakuma Dam The is a dam on the Tenryū River, located on the border of Toyone, Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It is one of the tallest dams in Japan and supports a 350 MW hydroelectric power station...	Japan	35°05′58"N 137°47′39"E	1,550
Salto Caxias Dam	Brazil	25°32′36"S 53°29′48"W	1,240
Salto Osório Dam	Brazil	25°32′06"S 53°00′33"W	1,078
Salto Santiago Dam	Brazil	25°37′04"S 52°36′48"W	1,420
Sanbanxi Dam Sanbanxi Dam The Sanbanxi Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Yuan River in Jinping County, Guizhou Province, China. The dam houses a hydroelectric power station with 4 x 250 MW generators for a total installed capacity of 1,000 MW. Construction began in 2001 and was complete by 2006....	Mainland China	26°36′21"N 109°02′57"E	1,000
Salto Grande Dam Salto Grande Dam The Salto Grande Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Uruguay River, located between Concordia, Argentina, and Salto, Uruguay; thus is shared between the two countries....	Argentina Uruguay	31°15′15"S 57°55′43"W	1,890
Saratov Hydroelectric Station Saratov Hydroelectric Station The Saratov Hydroelectric Station or the Saratov GES also known as the Lenin Komsomol Saratov Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant on the River Volga that is located in Saratov Oblast, 130 km northeast from the city of Saratov, Russia.- History :The plant was built as part...	Russia	52°03′11"N 47°45′18"E	1,360
Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam	Russia	52°49′31"N 91°22′15"E	6,400
São Simão Dam São Simão Dam The São Simão Dam is an embankment dam on the Paranaíba River near São Simão in Goiás/Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was constructed for hydroelectric power production and flood control. The dam was completed in 1978 and all generators were operational by 1979...	Brazil	18°59′03"S 50°31′08"W	1,710
Segredo Dam	Brazil	25°47′35"S 52°6′47"W	1,280
Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Power Station	Brazil	24°58′23"S 53°28′19"W	1,275
Shatuo Dam Shatuo Dam The Shatuo Dam is a dam on the Wujiang River in Yanhe Country, Guizhou Province, China.-Construction:The ground-breaking ceremony for the dam was held on June 28, 2006 and excavation commenced soon thereafter. In 2008, after the original river closure, part of the dam failed and due to a karst...	Mainland China	28°29′53"N 108°28′31"E	1,120
Shintoyone Dam Shintoyone Dam The Shintoyone Dam is a multipurpose dam in the village of Toyone in the Aichi Prefecture of Japan.-History:The potential of the Tenryū River valley for hydroelectric power development was realized by the Meiji government at the start of the 20th century. The Tenryū River was characterized by a...	Japan	35°07′33"N 137°47′38"W	1,125
Shuangjiangkou Dam Shuangjiangkou Dam The Shuangjiangkou Dam, also referred to as Shuang Jiang Kou, is an under construction embankment dam on the Dadu River in Sichuan Province, China. When completed, the tall dam will be the tallest in the world. Preliminary construction began in 2008 and is expected to be complete in 2012. By April...	Mainland China	31°44′48"N 102°00′04"E	2,000
Shuibuya Dam Shuibuya Dam The Shuibuya Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill embankment dam on the Qingjiang River in Badong County, Enshi, Hubei Province, China. The purpose of the dam is mainly hydroelectricity but it also promotes flood control, navigation, tourism and fishery...	Mainland China	30°26′30"N 110°21′40"E	1,840
Shuikou Dam Shuikou Dam The Shuikou Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Minjiang River in Fujian Province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 1,400 MW power station with 7 x 200 MW Kaplan turbines. The dam also provides navigation with a 500 ton ship lock and lift....	Mainland China	26°18′7"N 118°48′48"E	1,400
Silin Dam Silin Dam The Silin Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Wujiang River in Sinan County, Guizhou Province, China. The dam has an associated hydroelectric power plant with a 1,080 MW capacity utilizing 4 x 270 MW Francis turbine-generators. The dam is , high and composed of roller-compacted concrete. Its...	Mainland China	27°48′08"N 108°11′10"E	1,080
Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Stations Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Stations Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Stations are two hydroelectric power stations in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The stations divert water from the Niagara and Welland Rivers above the falls which is then released into the lower portion of the river, and together produce up to 1,926 MW.Adam Beck...	Canada	43.1475°N 79.044871°W	1,997
Sobradinho Dam Sobradinho Dam The Sobradinho Dam is a large hydroelectric dam built on the São Francisco River in Sobradinho, in the state of Bahia of Brazil. Completed in 1982, the dam generates power by utilizing six turbines of each, totalling the installed capacity to .- See also :...	Brazil	09°28′00"S 40°48′30"W	1,050
Sơn La Dam Sơn La Dam Sơn La Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Da River in It Ong municipality, Mường La District, Sơn La Province, Vietnam. When fully operational, it will become largest hydroelectric power station in Southeast Asia.-History:The project was proposed in 1970s...	Vietnam	21°29′47"N 103°59′42"E	2,400
Srisailam Dam Srisailam Dam The Srisailam Dam is a dam constructed across the Krishna River at Srisailam in the Kurnool district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India and is the 2nd largest capacity hydroelectric project in the country....	India	16°05′12"N 78°53′48"E	1,670
Tarbela Dam Tarbela Dam Tarbela 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...	Pakistan	34°05′23"N 72°41′54"E	3,478
Tehri Dam Tehri dam The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India. It is the primary dam of the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex...	India	30°22′40"N 78°28′50"E	2,400
Three Gorges Dam Three Gorges Dam The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in the Yiling District of Yichang, in Hubei province, China...	Mainland China	30°49′15"N 111°00′08"E	20,300	,
Tianshengqiao I Dam	Mainland China	24°56′31"N 105°06′23"E	1,200
Tianshengqiao II Dam	Mainland China	24°57′47"N 105°09′20"E	2,520
Tingzikou Dam Tingzikou Dam The Tingzikou Dam is an under construction gravity dam on the Jialing River downstream of Guangyuan in Cangxi County, Sichuan province, China. The purposes of the dam is flood control, irrigation, hydroelectric power production and navigation. The dam will support a 1,100 MW power station and a 500...	Mainland China	31°49′24"N 105°52′07"E	1,100
Tucuruí Dam Tucurui dam The Tucuruí Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Tocantins River located on the Tucuruí County in the State of Pará, Brazil. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and navigation. It is the first large-scale hydroelectric project in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. The...	Brazil	03°49′54"S 49°38′48"W	8,370
La Esmeralda Dam La Esmeralda Dam La Esmeralda Dam is an embankment dam on the Batá River northwest of Santa María in Boyacá Department, Neira Province, Colombia. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it is part of the Chivor Hydroelectric Project. Water from the Batá is diverted by the dam to a power...	Colombia	04°54′03"N 73°17′49"E	1,000
Ust-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Station	Russia	57°58′06"N 102°41′45"E	3,840
Volga Hydroelectric Station Volga Hydroelectric Station The Volga Hydroelectric Station or Volga GES also known as the 22nd Congress of the CPSU Stalingrad/Volgograd Hydroelectric Power Station , is the largest hydroelectric station in Europe and is the last of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams, before the Volga River flows into the Caspian Sea...	Russia	48°49′34"N 44°40′19"E	2,588
Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station The Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station is a dam and hydroelectric power station on the Kama River along the border of Perm Krai and Udmurtia, Russia. It is south of Votkinsk and its main purpose is power generation and navigation. The power station has a 1,020 MW installed capacity and the dam also...	Russia	56°47′13"N 54°04′44"E	1,020
W. A. C. Bennett Dam W. A. C. Bennett Dam The W. A. C. Bennett Dam is a large hydroelectric earthfill dam on the Peace River in northern British Columbia, Canada. The dam, located 19 kilometres west of Hudson's Hope, and 85 kilometres northwest of Chetwynd, is named after the late former premier W. A. C. Bennett, and came on-line in 1968...	Canada	56°01′05"N 122°12′24"W	2,730
Wanapum Dam Wanapum Dam Wanapum Dam is a hydroelectric project located on the Columbia River downstream from Vantage, Washington where Interstate 90 crosses the Columbia from Grant County into Kittitas County. It is owned by the Grant County Public Utility District. Its reservoir is named Lake Wanapum.The dam, and its...	United States	46°52′31"N 119°58′16"W	1,038
Wanjiazhai Dam Wanjiazhai Dam The Wanjiazhai Dam is a gravity dam on the Yellow River on the border of Pianguan County, Shaanxi Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , China. The main purpose of the dam is water supply for the Wanjiazhai Water Control Project along with peak hydroelectric power generation...	Mainland China	39°34′47"N 111°25′38"E	1,080
Wujiangdu Dam Wujiangdu Dam The Wujiangdu Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the Wujiang River south of Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation, flood control and navigation...	Mainland China	27°19′10"N 106°45′39"E	1,130
Wudongde Dam Wudongde Dam The Wudongde Dam is a large hydroelectric dam currently under construction on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, southwest China. The dam will generate power by utilizing 12 turbines, each with a generating capacity of , totalling the generating...	Mainland China	26°20′02"N 102°37′48"E	8,700
Wuqiangxi Dam Wuqiangxi Dam The Wuqiangxi Dam is a gravity dam on the Yuan River in Yuanling County, Hunan Province, China. The purpose of the dam is flood control, hydroelectric power generation and navigation. The dam supports a 1,200 WM power station along with a three-stage ship lock...	Mainland China	28°46′33"N 110°55′39"E	1,200
Xiangjiaba Dam Xiangjiaba Dam The Xiangjiaba Dam is a large hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province, southwest China. The facility runs on eight turbines, each with a capacity of , totalling the generating capacity to . When completed, it will be the...	Mainland China	28°38′57"N 104°22′14"E	6,400
Xiaolangdi Dam Xiaolangdi Dam The Xiaolangdi Dam is a dam in Jiyuan, Henan Province, China, and impounds the Yellow River. The facility has a total installed capacity of and generates up to 5.1 TWh annually with the help of six turbines. The dam stands tall and wide, and cost US$3.5 billion to construct...	Mainland China	34°40′13"N 112°25′33"E	1,836
Xiaowan Dam Xiaowan Dam The Xiaowan Dam is a large hydroelectric arch dam on the Lancang River in Yunnan Province, southwest China. It is the world's highest arch dam and will be the second largest hydroelectric power station in China after the Three Gorges Dam. Construction started on 1 January 2002. The river was...	Mainland China	24°42′19"N 100°05′32"E	4,200
Xiluodu Dam Xiluodu Dam The Xiluodu Dam is a hydroelectric dam project on the Jinsha River, i.e. the upper course of the Yangtze River in China. In early 2005, the Chinese government halted the construction due to lack of environmental impact studies. Later, construction was restarted. If completed, the Xiluodu Dam will...	Mainland China	28°15′52"N 103°38′47"E	13,860
Xingó Dam Xingó Dam The Xingó Dam is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the São Francisco River on the border of Alagoas and Sergipe, near Piranhas, Brazil. The dam was built for navigation, water supply and hydroelectric power generation as it supports a 3,162 MW power station...	Brazil	9°37′14"S 37°47′34"W	3,162
Yacyretá Dam Yacyretá Dam The Yacyretá Dam or Hydroelectric Power Station Jasyretâ-Apipé is a dam and hydroelectric power plant built over the waterfalls of Jasyretâ-Apipé in the Paraná River, between the Argentine Province of Corrientes and the Paraguayan City of Ayolas. The dam is named for Yacyretâ Island just upstream,...	Argentina Paraguay	27°28′58"S 56°43′30"W	3,100
Yantan Dam Yantan Dam The Yantan Dam is a gravity dam on the Hongshui River near in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi China. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it has an associated 1,210 MW power station consisting of 4 x 302.5 MW Francis turbine-generators.-Construction:The dam was...	Mainland China	24°02′26"N 107°30′45"E	1,212
Zeya Hydroelectric Station	Russia	53°48′00"N 127°23′00"E	1,330
Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station The Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station or Zhigulyovskaya Hydroelectric Station , formerly known as Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station is a large dam and hydroelectric station on the Volga River, located near Zhigulyovsk and Tolyatti in Samara Oblast of Russia...	Russia	53°26′42"N 49°29′24"E	2,320

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