10 Most Beautiful Largest Dams in the World

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00:00 4 Evergreen presents 10 Largest Dams That Should Be Visited Once In A Lifetime

00:05 10.

00:08 The Hirakud Dam Built in 1956, across the Mahanadi River,

00:14 Hirakud Dam is the world's largest earthen dam.

00:18 It is located in Orissa, India, and has an extensive reservoir about 27 km long.

00:25 This dam has a significant place in the Indian history as it was the first multipurpose valley

00:30 project after the Indian independence.

00:34 Going to Orissa and watching the Mahanadi River is incomplete without visiting this

00:39 beautiful yet magnificent dam.

00:42 The dam is open for visitors around the year.

00:47 9.

00:50 The Oroville Dam The tallest earthen dam in USA at 770 feet

00:57 is the Oroville Dam, built across the Feather River in the state of California.

01:03 Used for a variety of purposes from flood control to power generation, this dam holds

01:08 Lake Oroville and has a capacity of 5.6 cubic kilometers of water.

01:15 This dam supplies many farms and cities with water but has been a bit controversial after

01:20 February 2017 emergency spillway.

01:23 8.

01:25 The Houtredijk Built between 1963 and 1975, Houtredijk is

01:31 beautiful dam in Netherlands.

01:33 This dam connects the two cities of Leestad and Enkhuizen with each other and is named

01:38 by the native people as "Dam of Enkhuizen-Leestad".

01:42 Houtredijk is sometimes referred as a "dike" rather than a dam because of a beautiful 27

01:48 kilometer of lengthy highway running in the dam.

01:51 For people with a knack of a beautiful long drives, Houtredijk is definitely worth a visit.

01:59 7.

02:00 The Mangla Dam Mangla is the seventh largest dam in the world.

02:05 Built in 1967 over the Jelroom River, Mangla is the second biggest dam in Pakistan.

02:12 It is 3.14 kilometers long and has a water storage capacity of 9.12 cubic kilometers.

02:20 Situated in the Mirpur district of Azad Kashmir, it got its name from the village of Mangla.

02:26 Besides its importance, Mangla is also an amazing spot for tourism.

02:31 The ancient fort of Ramkot is a water accessible place near Mangla and is a huge tourist attraction.

02:40 Other fun activities like boating, fishing and barbecue also make it one of the most

02:45 visited and loved tourist spots in Pakistan.

02:48 6.

02:49 The Jinpeng The tallest dam in the world is the Jinpeng-I

02:54 Dam, located in Lingshan, China.

02:57 Its construction began in 2005 and became the tallest dam in the world in 2014 after

03:03 its completion.

03:05 On 8 October 2012, the dam began to impound its reservoir.

03:09 It has about 1,000-foot-tall arch and is used for a number of purposes like energy generation

03:16 and flood protection.

03:19 5.

03:23 The Gardiner Dam Located on the South Saskatchewan River, Gardiner

03:27 Dam is the largest dam in Canada.

03:30 Gardiner has a height of 209 feet and is about 5 kilometers long.

03:36 The width of 1.5 kilometers at its base provides it with a huge volume of about 9.4 cubic kilometers.

03:44 In addition to being one of the largest dams in the world, Gardiner is a famous tourist

03:48 attraction as well.

03:50 Other fun activities include hiking, camping and beautiful picnic spots in places near

03:54 the dam.

03:57 4.

03:59 The Hoi Dam The fourth largest earthen dam in the United

04:02 States is the Hoi Dam located on the Missouri River, South Dakota covering about 372 kilometers

04:10 of land.

04:11 It was built in 1968 and earns its reputation as being the longest, largest dam along the

04:17 Missouri River.

04:18 The dam has a power plant which supplies electricity to many of the central states.

04:23 The lake created by the dam known as the Hoi Lake is the main reason of the dam's tourist

04:28 attraction.

04:29 It has a variety of the natural habitats including pallid sturgeon and other fish species which

04:35 make it worth a visit in a lifetime.

04:39 3.

04:40 The Atatürk Dam The Atatürk Dam is a zoned rock-filled dam

04:44 on the Euphrates River in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey.

04:49 Aside from being another longest dam around the world, it is also one of the tallest dam

04:54 with 166 meters in height.

04:58 Founded in 1983, its construction was completed in 1990, whereas the dam and the power plant

05:04 were put into service in 1992.

05:06 This dam forms the third biggest lake in the world known as Lake Atatürk.

05:11 It has a length of about 1.81 kilometers and a height of 554 feet which makes it one of

05:19 the largest dams in the world.

05:21 The dam's power plant has a power capacity of 2,400 megawatts.

05:27 2.

05:29 The Fort Peck Dam The second largest dam in the world is the

05:33 Fort Peck Dam located along the Missouri River in northeast Montana, United States.

05:39 Being 21,026 feet in length and over 250 feet in height, this dam created the fifth largest

05:47 lake in the US, named Fort Peck Lake.

05:50 This lake is man-made and the dam has 2,450-kilometer shoreline, which in itself is an amazing fact.

05:59 The construction of the dam was started in 1933, but after multiple reconstructions,

06:04 was finally completed in 1940.

06:07 A volume of 22.7 cubic kilometers is one of the major reasons for its tourist attraction

06:13 and is also what makes it worth a visit.

06:17 1.

06:18 The Tarbela Dam The largest earth-filled dam in the world

06:22 is Tarbela Dam located in Swabi-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

06:27 It is 470 feet high and has an approximate volume of 14 cubic kilometers, making it the

06:34 fifth largest dam in the world regarding volume.

06:38 Its construction was completed in 1976 and is used to store water from the Indus River

06:43 for multiple purposes.

06:45 There are multiple features of the dam that make it worth a visit.

06:48 In winters, the reservoir settles down giving a magnificent view of crystal clear blue water

06:54 where fish can be seen swimming about.

06:56 In summers, the opening of the spillways feels like an air shower for the tourists watching

07:01 from the parks nearby.

07:03 To sum it all up, a trip to the world's biggest dam along with an amazing experience

07:08 is definitely worth the effort.

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