What are the top ten largest earth dams?

Answer 1

The Three Gorges Dam project in Hubei, China, is the world's largest hydroelectric generating system. It includes 2 generating stations. They are the Three Gorges Dam (22,500 MW when completed) and Gezhouba Dam (3,115MW). The total generating capacity of this complex is currently at 21,515 MW. The whole project is planned to be completed in 2011. The total generating capacity will be 25,615 MW by then. The other nine dams are as under. Itaipu, Brazil-Paraguay, 14000 MW Capacity; Guri,Venezuela, 10200 MW; Tucuruí,Brazil, 8370 MW; Grand Coulee, United States, 6809 MW; Sayano Shushenskaya, Russia, 6400 MW; Krasnoyarskaya, Russia, 6000 MW; Robert-Bourassa, Canada,5616 MW; Churchill Falls, Canada,5429 MW; AND Bratskaya, Russia, 4500 MW;