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List of dams and reservoirs

List of dams and reservoirs is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of dams and reservoirs rather than just read about it. In short: The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, arranged by continent and country. Africa Algeria Djorf Torba Dam Keddara Dam Koudiat Acerdoune Dam Meraldene Dam boughrara Dam Beni Bahdel Dam Mafrouch Dam Sikak Dam Sidi Abdelli Dam Ain Tolba Dam Sarno Dam Ouizert Dam Bou Hanifia Dam Oued Mina Dam Ain Ferrah Dam Al Dahmouni Dam Colonel Bougara Dam Bakhadda Dam Maghaila Dam Deurdeur Dam Ghrib Dam Harraza Dam Ouled Mel…

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The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, arranged by continent and country.

Africa

Algeria Djorf Torba Dam Keddara Dam Koudiat Acerdoune Dam Meraldene Dam boughrara Dam Beni Bahdel Dam Mafrouch Dam Sikak Dam Sidi Abdelli Dam Ain Tolba Dam Sarno Dam Ouizert Dam Bou Hanifia Dam Oued Mina Dam Ain Ferrah Dam Al Dahmouni Dam Colonel Bougara Dam Bakhadda Dam Maghaila Dam Deurdeur Dam Ghrib Dam Harraza Dam Ouled Melouk Zedin Dam Sidi Mhamed Ben Taiba Dam Bni Boutab Dam Sidi Yacoub Dam Gargar Dam Kerrada Dam Oued Kramis Dam Boukerdine Dam Bouroumi Dam Ladrat Dam Oued Isser's Dam Hamiz Dam Oued Fodda Dam

Angola Calueque Dam Cambambe Dam Capanda Dam Gove Dam Lauca Dam Lomaum Dam Ruacana Dam

Benin Dieguoro Dam Ilauko Dam

Botswana

Burkina faso Bagre Dam Kompienga Dam

Cameroon Edea Dam Lagdo Dam Lom Pangar Dam Maga Dam Song Loulou Dam

Cape Verde Poilão Dam

Democratic Republic of Congo Boyoma fall Great Inga Dam Inga Dam 1, 2, 3, 4 Katende Dam Lubilash fall Nzilo Dam Ruzizi Dam 1 Ruzizi Dam 2 Ruzizi Dam 3 Ruzizi Dam 4 Tshala Dam Tshopo dam Zongo Dam 1, 2

Egypt Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser Aswan Low Dam

Equatorial Guinea Djibloho Dam

Eritrea Mai Nefhi Toker Dam

Ethiopia

Beles Fincha Gilgel Gibe I Dam Gilgel Gibe III Dam Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Kessem Dam Koka Tekezé Dam Tendaho Dam

Gabon Bongolo Dam Grand Poubara Dam

Ghana Akosombo Dam - Lake Volta Barekese Dam Bosumtwi Dam Bui Dam Kpong Dam Mampong Dam Owabi Dam Tono Dam Weija Dam

Guinea Amaria Dam Banieya Dam Garafiri Dam Kale Dam

Ivory Coast Buyo Dam Kossou Dam Taabo Dam

Kenya

Masinga dam-R Tana

Lesotho Katse Dam Mohale Dam Metolong Dam Muela Dam

Libya Wadi Ghan Dam Wadi Kaam Dam Wadi Lebda Dam Wadi Mejenin Dam Wadi Qattara Dam Wadi Wishka Dam

Madagascar Antelomita Dam Ambilivily Dam Amboromalandy Dam Andekaleka Dam Andilamena B2 Dam Andilamena B3 Dam Andranobe Dam Antanifotsy Dam Antelomita Dam Mandraka Dam Mantasoa Dam Morafeno Dam Sahamaloto Dam Tsiazompaniry Dam

Malawi Chitete Dam Kamuzu Dam I Dam Kamuzu Dam II Dam Kapichira Dam Lunyangwa Dam Mpira-Balaka Dam Mudi Dam Mulunguzi Dam Nankhuna Dam Nkhula B Dam

Mali Félou Falls Weir Gouina Weir Manantali Dam Sélingué Dam

Mauritania Diama Dam Foum Gleita Dam

Mauritius Eau Bleue Reservoir La Ferme Reservoir La Nicolière Reservoir Mare aux Vacoas Mare Longue Reservoir Midlands Dam Piton du Milieu Reservoir Tamarind Falls Reservoir Valetta Reservoir

Morocco Aït Ouarda Dam Al Massira Dam Al Wahda Dam Allal al Fassi Dam Bin el Ouidane Dam Daourat Dam Hassan I Dam Hassan II Dam Idriss I Dam Imfout Dam Mohamed V Dam Tanafnit El Borj Dam Youssef Ibn Tachfin Dam

Mozambique Cahora Bassa Dam Massingir Dam Mphanda Nkuwa Dam

Namibia Avis Dam Bondels Dam Friedenau Dam Hardap Dam Naute Dam Oanob Dam Olushandja Dam Omatako Dam Omatjenne Dam Swakoppoort Dam Von Bach Dam Neckartal Dam

Niger Kandadji Dam

Nigeria Kainji Dam Goranyo Dam

Republic of the Congo Imboulou Dam

Rwanda Nyabarongo Dam Rusumo Dam

Senegal Diama Dam

Sierra Leone Bumbuna Dam Guma Dam

South Africa

Swaziland Maguga Dam

Tanzania Hombolo Dam Kidatu Dam Kihansi Dam Mtera Dam Nyumba ya Mungu Dam Julius Nyerere Hydro Power Plant (JNPP)

Togo Nangbeto Dam

Tunisia Kasserine Dam Sidi el Barrak Dam Sidi Salem Dam

Uganda Adekokwok Hydroelectric Power Station Ayago Power Station Bujagali Power Station Isimba Power Station Karuma Power Station Kiira Power Station Nalubaale Power Station

Zambia Kariba Dam

Zimbabwe

Bangala Dam Gwenoro Dam Kariba Dam Lake Chivero Lake Mutirikwe Manjirenji Dam Manyuchi Dam Mutange Dam Ngondoma Dam Osborne Dam Ruti Dam Tokwe Mukorsi Dam

Asia

Central

Kazakhstan Bogen Dam Bukhtarma Dam Kapshagay Dam Kyzyl-Agash Dam Kyzylbulak Dam Kyzylkungei Dam Medeu Dam Moinak Dam Sergeyev Dam Shardara Dam Shulbinsk Dam Tunkuruz Dam Ust-Kamenogorsk Dam

Kyrgyzstan At-Bashy Dam Kambar-Ata-2 Dam Kürpsay Dam Shamaldy-Say Dam Tash-Kömür Dam Toktogul Dam Üch-Korgon Dam

Tajikistan Baipaza Dam Farkhad Dam Golovnaya Dam Kayrakkum Dam - Kayrakkum Reservoir Nurek Dam Rogun Dam Sangtuda 1 Dam Sangtuda 2 Dam Usoi Dam

Turkmenistan Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam Tuyamuyun Hydro Complex

Uzbekistan Abdulkhan Bandi Dam Andijan Dam Farkhad Dam Tuyamuyun Hydro Complex Kurgantepa Reservoir

Eastern

China

Hong Kong

Japan

Kurobe Dam, Toyama, tallest in the country Tokuyama Dam, largest dam in the country and creates the largest reservoir

North Korea Huichon Dam Hwanggang Dam Imnam Dam Nampo Dam Songwon Dam Sup'ung Dam Taepyongman Dam Unbong Dam Wiwon Dam Yongnim Dam

South Korea Andong Dam Chungju Dam Daecheong Dam Gongsan Dam Hantangang Dam Hwacheon Dam Imha Dam Inje Dam Peace Dam Soyang Dam Uiam Dam Yangsang (Sangbu) Dam

Taiwan

Southeast

Brunei Benutan Dam Imang Dam Kagu Dam Mengkubau Dam Tasek Dam Ulu Tutong Dam

Burma

Cambodia Cheay Areng Dam Lower Se San 2 Dam Lower Sre Pok 2 Dam O Chum 2 Hydropower Dam Sambor Dam Stung Battambang 1 Dam Stung Sen Dam Stung Treng Dam

East Timor Gariuai Dams

Indonesia

Batujai Dam, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Batutegi Dam, Tanggamus, Lampung Bili-Bili Dam, Gowa, South Sulawesi Cacaban Dam, Tegal, Central Java Cirata Dam, Purwakarta, West Java Gajah Mungkur Dam, Wonogiri, Central Java Gondang Dam, Lamongan, East Java Jatigede Dam, Sumedang, West Java Jatiluhur Dam, Purwakarta, West Java Kedungombo Dam, Grobogan, Central Java Riam Kanan Dam, Banjar, South Kalimantan Saguling Dam, Bandung, West Java Sempor Dam, Kebumen, Central Java Sigura-gura Dam, North Tapanuli, North Sumatera Soedirman Dam, Banjarnegara, Central Java Sutami Dam, Malang, East Java Tilong Dam, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara Wadaslintang Dam, Kebumen, Central Java Wonorejo Dam, Tulungagung, East Java

Laos

Malaysia Ayer Itam Dam Babagon Dam Bakun Dam Batang Ai Dam Batu Dam Bekok Dam Beris Dam Betotan Dam, Sandakan Bukit Merah Dam Chenderoh Dam Kenyir Dam Kinta Dam, Perak Klang Gates Dam Layang Dam Lebam Dam Linggiu Dam Machap Dam Mengkuang Dam Murum Dam Pedu Lake Pergau Dam Sembrong Dam Semenyih Dam Sultan Iskandar Dam Tasik Subang Dam Teluk Bahang Dam Temenggor Dam Ulu Jelai Dam

Philippines Agus I Dam Agus II Dam Agus III Dam (proposed) Agus IV Dam Agus V Dam Agus VI Dam Agus VII Dam Agusan Dam Ambuklao Dam Angat Dam Aragon Dam Binga Dam Buhisan Dam Bustos Dam Caliraya Dam Calumpang Diversion Dam Canili-Diayo Dam Casecnan Dam Ipo Dam Kaliwa Low Dam (proposed) La Mesa Dam Labasin Dam Laiban Dam (proposed) Lumot Dam Magat Dam Molino (Prinza) Dam Pantabangan Dam Pasa Dam Pulangi Dam San Roque Dam Wawa Dam

Singapore

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What is List of dams and reservoirs in simple terms?

The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, arranged by continent and country. Africa Algeria Djorf Torba Dam Keddara Dam Koudiat Acerdoune Dam Meraldene Dam boughrara Dam Beni Bahdel Dam Mafrouch Dam Sikak Dam Sidi Abdelli Dam Ain Tolba Dam Sarno Dam Ouizert Dam Bou Hanifia Dam Oued Mina Dam A…

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