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Nam Wop Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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There are almost 200 large dams in Myanmar. Myanmar (Burma) has a large hydroelectric power potential of 39,000 megawatts (52, 000, 000 hp), although the economical exploitable potential is about 37,000 megawatts (50, 000, 000 hp). Between 1990 and 2002, the country tripled its installed capacity of hydro plants, increasing from 253 megawatts (339, 000 hp) to 745 megawatts (999, 000 hp). Total installed capacity in 2010 is at least 2,449 megawatts (3, 284, 000 hp) MW, 6% of potential. Several large dams are planned to increase future hydro utilization.

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

More dams in Myanmar

  1. Tasang Dam m
  2. Myitsone Dam m
  3. Hatgyi Dam m
  4. Laiva Dam m
  5. Mobye 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