World’s Highest and Largest Dams

I …
Dam	Location	Type	Height in feet	Height in meters
Rogun	Tajikistan	Earth-fill/Rock-fill	…
Nurek	Tajikistan	Earth-fill
Grand Dixence	Switzerland	Gravity	…
Inguri	Georgia	Arch
Chicoasen	Mexico	Rock-fill
Tehri	India	Earth-fill/Rock-fill		…
Kishau	India	Earth-fill/Rock-fill
Sayano-Shushensk	…	Arch		…
Guavio	Colombia	Rock-fill
II … (Based on volume of dam structure)
Dam	Location	Type	Volume in cubic yards	Volume in cubic meters
Chapeton	Argentina	Earth-fill/ Gravity	387,400,000	296,200,000
Pati	Argentina	Earth-fill/ Gravity	…	238,100,000
Tarbela	Pakistan	Earth-fill/Rock-fill	194,200,000	148,500,000
Fort Peck	United States	Earth-fill	125,600,000	…
Lower Usuma	Nigeria	Earth-fill	121,600,000	93,000,000
Cipasang	Indonesia	Earth-fill/Rock-fill	117,800,000	…
Atatürk	Turkey	Rock-fill	111,200,000	85,000,000
Rogun	…	Earth-fill/Rock-fill	…	71,300,000
Guri	Venezuela	Rock-fill/ Gravity	92,720,000	70,889,000

Source: World Book

a) Answer the following questions.

1. Which of these two tables depicts the largest dams, the highest dams?

2. What dam is the largest in the world?

3. What is its volume in cubic meters?

4. Where is it situated? What is its kind?

5. What dam is the highest in the world?

6. Where is it situated?

7. What is its height in meters?

8. What dam is considered to be the highest and at the same time one of the largest?

9. How many embankment dams are listed in the table?

10. How many masonry dams are listed in the table?

11. Can the dam be the highest as well as the largest in the world?

12. Why are there different dams in these two tables? (Try to explain)

b) Compare the following dams.

Model: Rogun/ Nurec - Rogun dam in Tajikistan is higher than Nurec dam.

1) Tehri/Sayano-Shushensk. 2) Guri/Lower Usuma. 3) Guavio/Grand Dixence. 4) Cipasang/Pati. 5) Atatürk/Tarbela.

c) Try to find any information about any mentioned in the table dam.