Labels:text | menu | screenshot | black and white | font | number OCR: Itaipu Brazil/Paraguay E/G/R* 12,600 1982 Grand Coulee United States Gravity 10,830 1942 Guri Venezuela E/G/R* 10,300 1986 Tucurui Brazil E/G/R* 7,260 1984 Sayano-Shushensk Russia Arch/Gravity 6,400 n.a.+ Krasnoyarsk Russia Gravity 6,000 1968 Churchill Falls Canada Earthfill 5,428 1971 LaGrande 2 Canada Rockfill 5,328 1979 Bratsk Russia Earthfill/Gravity 4,500 1961 Sukhovo Russia n.a.+ 4,500 n.a.+ Ust-limsk Russia Rockfill/Gravity 4,320 1977 Cabora Bassa Mozambique Arch 4,150 1975 Tarbela Pakistan Earth/ Rock fill 3,478 1976 Paulo Afonso Brazil Gravity 3,409 1955 Rogun Tajikistan n.a.+ 3,600 1990 Kanev Ukraine n.a.+ 3,600 n.a.+ Tha Solteira Bra zi E/G/R* 3,200 1973 Gezhouba China Gravity 2,715 1981 Revelstoke Canada Earthfill/Gravity 2,700 1984 John Day United States Earthfill/Gravity 2,700 1969 Nurek Tajikistan Earthfill 2.700 1976 Sao Simao Brazil Rockfill/Gravity 2,680 1979 Mca Canada Earth/ Rock fill 2,610 1976 Volgograd Russia E/G/R* 2,560 1958 Foz do Areia Brazil Earthfill 2,511 1980 Itaparica Bra zi Earth/ Rock fill 2,500 1988 W.A.C. Bennett Canada Earthfill 2.416 1968 Chicoasen Mexico Earth/ Rock fill 2,400 1980 Kubishev Russia Earthfill/Gravity 2,300 1955 High Aswan Egypt Earth/ Rock fill 2,100 1967 (Saad el Aai) Iron Gates I Romania/Yugoslavia Gravity 2,100 1972 Bath County United States Earth/ Rock fill 2,100 1974 (PS++) Itumbiara Brazil Earthfill/Gravity Chief Joseph 2,080 1980 United States Gravity 2.069 1955 Salto Santiago Brazil Earth/ Rock fill 2,000 1980 Inga Il Zaire Buttress 1,400 1981 * E/G/R= Earthfill/Gravity/Rockfill. +n.a .= not available. ++ = pumped storage. SOURCE: Intemational Water Power and Dam Construction Handbook 1993.
