01 Mratinje Dam
The Mratinje Dam is a concrete arch dam in the canyon of the Piva River
in Montenegro. The dam is 220 metres (720 ft) high, one of the highest
in Europe. The dam is 268 metres (879 ft) long and 4.5 metres (15 ft)
thick at the crest, while it is 30 metres (98 ft) long and 36 metres
(118 ft) thick at the base. The foundations go as deep as 38 metres (125
ft) into the ground. 820,000 cubic metres (1,070,000 cu yd) of concrete
and 5,000 tonnes of steel were built into the dam.
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02. Contra Dam
The 220-m tall dam became a popular bungee jumping venue after a James
Bond stuntman jumped off it in the opening scene of the 1995 film
GoldenEye. The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca Dam and the
Locarno Dam, is an arch dam on the Verzasca River in the Val Verzasca of
Ticino, Switzerland. The dam is owned and operated by Verzasca SA and
is the fourth tallest in Switzerland.
[Photo by By Audrix (Own work) [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or
CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons]
03. Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam (221.46 m), 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.
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CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons]
04. Luzzone Dam
Lago di Luzzone is a lake in Ticino, Switzerland.The arch dam Luzzone
(225 m) was completed in 1963. In the years 1997–1998, its height was
increased by 17 m. One wall of the dam currently features the world's
highest artificial climbing wall. A German manufacturer of climbing
holds installed a line of over 650 artificial holds and bolts. The
course covers a vertical distance of 165 meters, going from the base of
the dam to the top.The climb must be done as a sport climb, in multiple
pitches. Furthermore, the lowest holds were placed several meters above
the ground to deter casual visitors from climbing on them.
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(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL
05. 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 (now submerged) upstream Bhakra
village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, is Asia's second
highest at 225.55 m (740 ft) high next to the 261m Tehri Dam.
Photo by KawalSingh at en.wikipedia (Transferred from en.wikipedia)
[Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons]
06. Karun-4 Dam
The Karun-4 Dam is an arch dam on the Karun River in the province of
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran. The dam is a concrete double curvature
arch-type and 230 metres (750 ft) high from the foundation] The arch dam
design is an ideal one for a dam built in a narrow, rocky gorge to hold
back water in a reservoir.
[Photo by M samadi (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0
(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL
(www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons]
07. El Cajón Dam
The El Cajón Dam (234 m) is a hydroelectric power plant located in
Western Honduras. Overall, the dam is the fifth highest dam in the
Americas, 16th highest in the world. El Cajón is also the highest arch
dam in the western hemisphere, and the sixth highest arch dam worldwide.
[Photo By Dwwhyd (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons]
08. Oroville Dam
Oroville Dam is a rockfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of
the city of Oroville, California in the United States. At 770 feet (230
m) high, it is the tallest dam in the US and serves mainly for water
supply, hydroelectricity generation and flood control.
[Photo By California Department of Water Resources [Public domain], via
Wikimedia Commons]
09. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam
The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam is located on the Yenisei River, near
Sayanogorsk in Khakassia, Russia. It is the largest power plant in
Russia and the sixth-largest hydroelectric plant in the world, by
average power generation. It's height is approximately 242 m.
[Photo by:АлександрВв (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons]
10. Mica Dam
The Mica Dam (243 m height) is a hydroelectric dam spanning the Columbia
River 135 kilometres north of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada.
