hundreds!About 30 are medium size HEP dams ,eg the Waikato River in the North Island has 9.10 if you include the old one that is now flooded near Arapuni.There are many small earth dams on farms used to make small lakes or ponds.Most of the large dams are made of concrete -especially in the north Island due to earthquakes.In the South IS there are some very large earth dams.Before the RMA it was a simple matter to make a dam on your own land but not any more!
Descriptors such as largest should include the dimension by which that is measured. Tallest, most water impounded, largest volume in dam, tallest, most power generated and so on.
Manapouri would probably be the one with the greatest fall, and Benmore the one with the greatest power output. But check.
Probably the Ohakuri power plant dam.
Benmore
Construction on the Itaipu Dam began in January 1970 and the dam officially opened on May 5, 1984. The Itaipu Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Parana River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
Ganges - Brahmaputra Delta is largest in the world. It is partially in India and partially in Bangladesh.
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This is Lake Mead, which is the largest reservoir in the United States.
The biggest dam in South Africa is the Gariep Dam, previously known as the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam. When full, it contains nearly 6000 million cubic metres of water spread over more than 370 square kilometres. The dam was completed in 1971.
As of 2008, the largest hydroelectric dam is the Three Gorges Dam in China.
The country that has the largest hydroelectric dam in terms of annual energy generation and is on the border of Paraguay and Brazil. It is the Itaipu dam.
The answer is Paraguay. The dam you are talking about is the Itaipú Dam, which is the world's largest hydroelectric power plant. However, the Itaipú Dam provides most of its energy supply to Brazil.
in china on the Yangtze River
As of 2012, it is China's Three Gorges Dam that is the largest hydroelectric project in the world.
China is home to the largest hydroelectric project in the world, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. It is not only the largest hydroelectric project but also the largest power station in terms of installed capacity.
Sayano Shushenskaya hydroelectric dam
There are many hydroelectric dams all with their own name. The world's largest hydroelectric dam is the Three Gorges Dam located on the Yangtze River in China. Another famous dam is the Hoover Dam, located on the Colorado River at the boarder of Arizona and Nevada (US Route 93). Anmother one is Kaptai Dam, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Farakka Dam, kolkata, India.
As of 2012, it is China's Three Gorges Dam that is the largest hydroelectric project in the world.
The 3rd largest hydroelectric dam is located in Bolívar State ,Venezuela in the Caroni River. It's named Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar and was built in 1986
Three Gorges Dam located on the upper Yangtze River in China.
Yes, The Wolf Creek Dam is a Hydroelectric dam.