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Kurram Tangi Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Kurram Tangi Dam (Pashto) is a multipurpose dam under construction on the Kaitu River in North Waziristan, Pakistan. It has an 83.4 MW power generation capacity.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More dams in Pakistan

  1. Mangla Dam147 m
  2. Tarbela Dam · Indus River143 m
  3. Karot Hydropower Project96 m
  4. Diamer-Bhasha Dam m
  5. Gandao Dam m

Other tall dams worldwide

  1. Rogun Dam · Tajikistan335 m
  2. Shuangjiangkou Dam · China312 m
  3. Norak Dam · Tajikistan300 m
  4. Grande Dixence dam · Switzerland285 m
  5. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Russia245 m
  6. Oroville Dam · United States234.7 m
  7. Bhakra Dam · India225.6 m
  8. Hoover Dam · United States221 m