how much water can a dam hold back before braking?
The tallest dam in the world is the Nurek Dam in Tajikistan at 980 feet high. In terms of volume of water the Three Gorges Dam in China is the largest.
No, but it is the highest arch dam in the US. It was also the biggest dam back in 1935 when it was built. The tallest dam is Rogun in Tajikistan. The largest dam is Three Gorges in China.
Currently operational? The Jari Dam at 84 meters, completed in 1967. the Tarbela Dam is the largest earth filled dam in the world and is second largest by the structural volume. The Mirani Dam is the largest dam in the world in terms of volume for flood protection. There are several damn projects currently under construction or in pre-planning stages so the above will change at some point in the near future.
Hoover Dam contains 3,333,459.2 cubic meters of concrete.
There isn't an exact wight given for the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming. It is a concrete arch-gravity dam and was built with a volume of 82,900 cubic yards (63,400 m3) of concrete. The total volume of dam construction materials is 87,515.00 cu yd (does not include spillway structure).
Kenya's largest dam, the Turkwel, has a height of 153 m, and retains a water volume of 1,641,000,000 m³.
By unit of volume and conversion ,we can say that 1 km =100 dam * * * * * That is true, but a dam is NOT a diameter! A diameter is not a measure of distance.
Kenya's largest dam, the Turkwel, has a height of 153 m, and retains a water volume of 1,641,000,000 m³.
By volume, it would be the Lake Mean reservoir at the Hoover Dam, with a nominal volume of 37.2968 km³.
Kenya's largest dam, the Turkwel, has a height of 153 m, and retains a water volume of 1,641,000,000 m³.
There are 14 dams in Pakistan. They are:-Akhori Dam-Donhngi Dam-Ghazi Barotha Dam-Gomal Dam-Gomal Zam Dam-Hub Dam-Kalabagh Dam-Karoonjhar Dam-Khanpur Dam-Mangla Dam-Mirani Dam-Shakidor Dam-Simly Dam-Tarbela DamOther names that came up under 'Dams in Pakistan are':-Guddu Barrage-Indus Basin Project-Rawal Lake-Sukkur Barragehttp://wiki.answers.com/What_are_the_names_of_the_various_dams_in_Pakistan#ixzz19cbuQFaG
The volume of water going over the dam and the distance the water falls