List of reservoirs by volume

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Name of dam	Reservoir	River	Country	Year	Nominal volume km3
Itaipu		Paraná River	Brazil and  Paraguay	1983	29[1]
Oahe Dam	Lake Oahe	Missouri River	United States	1966	29.11018[1]
Iriquois Control			Canada	1958	29.95901[1]
Kossou		Bandama River	Côte d'Ivoire	1961	30[1]
Garrison Dam	Lake Sakakawea	Missouri River	United States	1953	30.22031[1]
Sayano-Shushenskaya		Yenisei River	Russia	1990	31.3[1]
Volgograd		Volga River	Russia	1958	31.5[1]
Keban	Keban Dam Lake	Euphrates	Turkey	1971	31.5[1]
Jenpeg Dam			Canada	1975	31.79[1]
Churchill Falls	Smallwood Reservoir	Churchill River	Canada	1971	32.64[1]
Sobradinho	Sobradinho	São Francisco River	Brazil	1979	34.1[1]
Nechako-Kemalo			Canada	1966	35[1]
Glen Canyon Dam	Lake Powell	Colorado River	United States	1964	35.55019[1]
Vilyui			Russia	1967	35.9[1]
Roseires Dam			Sudan	1966	36.3[1]
Winar Grue			Canada	1952	37[1]
Hoover Dam	Lake Mead	Colorado River	United States	1936	37.2968[1]
Three Gorges Dam		Yangtze River	People's Republic of China	2009	39.3[1]
Plancie Banderita			Argentina	1979	43[1]
Cerros Colorados		Neuquén River	Argentina	1973	43.5[1]
Lower Kama	Lower Kama Reservoir	Kama River	Russia	1987	45[1]
Turcurui		Tocantins River	Brazil	1984	45.536[1]
Irkutsk Dam	Irkutsk Reservoir	Angara River	Russia	1956	46[1]
Ataturk Dam		Euphrates	Turkey	1992	48.7[1]
Sao Felix			Brazil	1985	50.6[1]
Upper Wainganga			India	1981	50.7[1]
Dantsianhow			Chile	1962	51.6[1]
Bukhtarminsk Dam		Irtysh River	Russia	1967	53[1][2]
Pati (Chapeton)			Argentina	1998	53.7[1]
Caniapiscau	Caniapiscau Reservoir	Caniapiscau River	Canada	1981	53.8[1]
Serra da Mesa		Tocantins River	Brazil	1998	54.4[1]
Cabora Bassa		Zambezi River	Mozambique	1974	55.8[1]
Kuibyshev	Kuybyshev Reservoir	Volga River	Russia	1955	58[1][2]
Boguchany		Angara River	Russia	1989	58.2[1]
Ust-Ilimsk		Angara River	Russia	1977	59.3[1][2]
La Grande Trois Nord		La Grande River	Canada	1981	60.02[1]
La Grande-2-A generating station	James Bay Project	La Grande River	Canada	1981	61.715[1]
Sanmen Gorge (Sanmenxia)		Yellow River(Khuankhe)	People's Republic of China	1962	65[1][2]
Zeya	Zeya Reservoir	Zeya River	Russia	1978	68.4[1][2]
Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam		Yenisei River	Russia	1967	73.3[1][2]
W. A. C. Bennett Dam	Williston Lake	Peace River (Canada)	Canada	1967	74.3[1]
Guri Dam	Lake Guri	Caroní River	Venezuela	1986	135[1]
Daniel Johnson	Manicouagan Reservoir	Manicouagan River	Canada	1968	141.851[1], 141.7[2]
Akosombo Dam	Lake Volta	Volta River	Ghana	1965	150[1], 148 [2]
Aswan High Dam	Lake Nasser	Nile River	Egypt	1971	157[1][2]
Bratsk hydroelectric plant	Bratsk Reservoir	Angara River	Russia	1964	169[1], 169.3[2]
Kariba Dam	Lake Kariba	Zambezi River	Zimbabwe	1959	180.6[1], 160.3[2]
Owen Falls	Lake Victoria	White Nile	Uganda	1954	204[1], 205[2]

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