List of largest dams
The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. By general definition, a dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams, hence tailings dams are relegated to a separate list.

List of largest dams

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Table Section Text: The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. By general definition, a dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams, hence tailings dams are relegated to a separate list.

Rank	Name	Country	Year completed	Structure height [m]	Structure volume [106 m3]	Reservoir volume [109 m3]	Installed capacity [MW]	Type

1	Tarbela Dam	Pakistan	1976	143	153	13.7	816	TE/ER

2	Fort Peck Dam	United States	1940	76.4	96	23	185	TE

3	Atatürk Dam	Turkey	1990	166	84.5	48.7	2,400	TE/ER

4	Houtribdijk	Netherlands	1968	13	78	0	NA	TE/ER

5	Oahe Dam	United States	1963	75	70.3	29	786	TE/ER

6	Gardiner Dam	Canada	1967	64	65.4	9.4	186	TE

7	Mangla Dam	Pakistan	1967	147	65.4	7.25	1,000	TE or TE/ER

8	Oroville Dam	United States	1968	230	59.6	4.36	819	TE/ER

9	San Luis Dam (BF Sisk Dam)	United States	1967	93	59.6	2.52	424	TE

10	Nurek Dam	Tajikistan	1980	300	54	10.5	3,200	TE

11	Samara Dam	Russia	1955	52	54	57.3	2,315	TE or ER

12	Garrison Dam	United States	1954	64	50.8	29	NA	TE

13	Cochiti Dam	United States	1975	76.5	50.2	0.73	NA	TE

14	Aswan Dam	Egypt	1970	111	44.3	169	2,100	TE/ER

15	W. A. C. Bennett Dam	Canada	1968	186	43.7	7.4	2,876	TE

16	San Roque Dam	Philippines	2003	200	40	0.835	345	TE or ER

17	Fort Randall Dam	United States	1953	50.3	38.2	6.7	320	TE/ER

18	Afsluitdijk	Netherlands	1932	13	36.5	5.5	NA	TE/ER

19	Kölnbrein Dam	Austria	1979	200	35.2	1.58	1,028.5	TE

20	Guri Dam	Venezuela	1978	162	29.8	135	10,235	PG/ER

21	Three Gorges Dam	China	2008	181	27.4	39.3	22,500	PG

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Atatürk Dam is one of the largest dams.

final_sentence: Atatürk Dam is one of the largest dams.