Worlds Greatest Man-Made Lakes

Name of Dam Location Million cubic metres Year completed Owen Falls Uganda 204,800 1954 Kariba Zimbabwe 181,592 1959 Bratsk CIS 169,270 1964 High Aswan (Sadd-el-Aali) Egypt 168,000 1970 Akosombo Ghana 148,000 1965 Daniel Johnson Canada 141,852 1968 Guri (Raul Leoni) Venezuela 136,000 1986 Krasnoyarsk CIS 73,300 1967 Bennet W.A.C Canada 70,309 1967 Zeya CIS 68,400 1978 Cabota Mozambique 63,000 1974 La Grande 2 Canada 61,720 1982 La Grande 3 Canada 60,020 1982 Ust-IIimsk CIS 59,300 1980 Volga-V.I. Lenin CIS 58,000 1955 Caniapiscau Canada 53,790 1981 Pati (Chapeton) Argentina 53,700 - Upper Wainganga India 50,700 - Sao Felix Brazil 50,600 - Bukhtarma CIS 49,740 1960 Ataturk (Karababa) Turkey 48,000 - Cerros Colorados Argentina 48,000 1973 Irkutsk CIS 46,000 1956 Tucurui Brazil 36,375 1967 Sanmenxia CIS 35,900 1960 Hoover China 35,400 1936 Sobridinho Navada / Arizona 35,154 1981 Glen Canyon Brazil 34,200 1964 Jenpeg Canada 31,790 1975