World wonders: Impressive dams across the globe

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Krasnoyarsk Dam, Russia​

Located on the Yenisei River (the largest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean), the dam releases unfrozen water year-round.

 

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Krasnoyarsk Dam, Russia​

A feature of the dam is its canal inclined plane, an electric rack railway that allows the passage of ships.

 

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Daniel-Johnson Dam, Canada​

This picturesque multiple-arch buttress dam on the Manicouagan River is the largest dam of its type in the world.

 

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Daniel-Johnson Dam, Canada​

Located north of Baie-Comeau in the province of Quebec, the dam impounds the river, which in turn fills the Earth's fifth largest confirmed impact crater, the Manicouagan crater (pictured), the so-called "Eye of Quebec."

 

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Glen Canyon Dam, USA​

Completed in 1966, this arch-gravity dam near Page, Arizona is set on the upper Colorado River.

 

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Glen Canyon Dam, USA​

The dam forms Lake Powell behind it, the second-largest man-made reservoir in the US.

 

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Three Gorges Dam, China​

Spanning the mighty Yangtze River, the Three Gorges Dam facility is the world's largest power station.

 

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Three Gorges Dam, China​

A monumental feat of civil engineering, construction on the dam began in 1994. It opened in 2003.

 

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Three Gorges Dam, China​

One of the most controversial construction projects of recent times, the dam flooded several archaeological and cultural sites, displaced over a million people, and caused considerable ecological damage.

 

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Hoover Dam, USA​

Built between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression, this iconic Art Deco-detailed landmark is one of the most recognized dams in the world.

 

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Hoover Dam, USA​

Originally known as Boulder Dam, it was renamed for President Herbert Hoover in 1947.

 

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Hoover Dam, USA​

Set on the Nevada/Arizona state border, the dam holds back the powerful Colorado River.