The following page lists the largest reservoirs by volume.
Rank | Name of dam | Reservoir | River | Country | Year | Nominal volume km³ | Ref. |
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1 | Kariba Dam | Lake Kariba | Zambezi River | Zimbabwe | 1959 | 180.6 | , 160.3 |
2 | Bratsk Dam | Bratsk Reservoir | Angara River | Russia | 1964 | 169 | , 169.3 |
3 | Aswan High Dam | Lake Nasser | Nile River | Egypt | 1971 | 157 | |
4 | Akosombo Dam | Lake Volta | Volta River | Ghana | 1965 | 150 | , 148 |
5 | Daniel-Johnson Dam | Manicouagan Reservoir | Manicouagan River | Canada | 1968 | 141.851 | , 141.7 |
6 | Guri Dam | Lake Guri | Caroní River | Venezuela | 1986 | 135 | |
7 | W. A. C. Bennett Dam | Williston Lake | Peace River | Canada | 1967 | 74.3 | |
8 | Krasnoyarsk Dam | Krasnoyarsk Reservoir (ru) | Yenisei River | Russia | 1967 | 73.3 | |
9 | Zeya Hydroelectric Station (ru) | Zeya Reservoir | Zeya River | Russia | 1978 | 68.4 | |
10 | Sanmenxia Dam | Sanmenxia Reservoir | Yellow River | People's Republic of China | 1962 | 65 | |
11 | Robert-Bourassa generating station | Robert-Bourassa Reservoir | La Grande River | Canada | 1981 | 61.715 | |
12 | La Grande-3 generating station | La Grande-3 Nord Reservoir | La Grande River | Canada | 1981 | 60.02 | |
13 | Ust-Ilimsk Dam | Ust-Ilimsk Reservoir | Angara River | Russia | 1977 | 59.3 | |
14 | Boguchany Dam | Boguchany Reservoir | Angara River | Russia | 1989 | 58.2 | |
15 | Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station | Kuybyshev Reservoir | Volga River | Russia | 1955 | 58 | |
16 | Cahora Bassa Dam | Cahora Bassa | Zambezi River | Mozambique | 1974 | 55.8 | |
17 | Serra da Mesa Dam | Serra da Mesa Reservoir | Tocantins River | Brazil | 1998 | 54.4 | |
18 | Brisay generating station | Caniapiscau Reservoir | Caniapiscau River | Canada | 1981 | 53.8 | |
19 | Pati–Chapetón(proposal) | Paraná River | Argentina | ? | 53.7 | ||
20 | Bukhtarma Hydroelectric Power Plant | Bukhtarma Reservoir (ru) | Irtysh River | Kazakhstan | 1967 | 53 | |
21 | Dantsianhow | People's Republic of China | 1962 | 51.6 | |||
22 | Upper Wainganga Dam | Upper Wainganga Reservoir | Wainganga River | India | 1981 | 50.7 | |
23 | Atatürk Dam | Lake Atatürk Dam | Euphrates | Turkey | 1992 | 48.7 | |
24 | Irkutsk Dam | Irkutsk Reservoir | Angara River | Russia | 1956 | 46 | |
25 | Tucuruí Dam | Tocantins River | Brazil | 1984 | 45.536 | ||
26 | Lower Kama Hydroelectric Station | Lower Kama Reservoir | Kama River | Russia | 1987 | 45 | |
27 | Loma de la Lata Dam? (Cerros Colorados Complex) | Los Barreales Lake? | Neuquén River | Argentina | 1973 | 43.5 | |
28 | Planicie Banderita hydroelectric power plant (Cerros Colorados Complex) | Mari Menuco Lake? | Neuquén River | Argentina | 1979 | 43 | |
29 | Three Gorges Dam | Three Gorges Reservoir | Yangtze River | People's Republic of China | 2009 | 39.3 | |
30 | Hoover Dam | Lake Mead | Colorado River | United States | 1936 | 37.2968 | |
31 | Winar Grue? | Canada | 1952 | 37 | |||
32 | Roseires Dam | Roseires Reservoir | Blue Nile | Sudan | 1966 | 36.3 | |
33 | Vilyuy Dam (ru) | Vilyuy Reservoir (ru) | Vilyuy River | Russia | 1967 | 35.9 | |
34 | Glen Canyon Dam | Lake Powell | Colorado River | United States | 1964 | 35.55019 | |
35 | Kenney Dam | Nechako Reservoir | Nechako–Kemano | Canada | 1966 | 35 | |
36 | Sobradinho Dam | Sobradinho Reservoir | São Francisco River | Brazil | 1979 | 34.1 | |
37 | Churchill Falls | Smallwood Reservoir | Churchill River | Canada | 1971 | 32.64 | |
38 | Jenpeg Dam | Lake Winnipeg outlet | Canada | 1975 | 31.79 | ||
39 | Keban Dam | Keban Dam Lake | Euphrates | Turkey | 1971 | 31.5 | |
40 | Volga Hydroelectric Station | Volgograd Reservoir | Volga River | Russia | 1958 | 31.5 | |
41 | Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam | Sayano–Shushenskoye Reservoir (ru) | Yenisei River | Russia | 1990 | 31.3 | |
42 | Garrison Dam | Lake Sakakawea | Missouri River | United States | 1953 | 30.22031 | |
43 | Kossou Dam | Lake Kossou | Bandama River | Ivory Coast | 1961 | 30 | |
44 | Iroquois Dam | St. Lawrence River | Canada | 1958 | 29.95901 | ||
45 | Oahe Dam | Lake Oahe | Missouri River | United States | 1966 | 29.11018 | |
46 | Itaipu Dam | Lake Itaipu (pt) | Paraná River | Brazil and Paraguay | 1983 | 29 |
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