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Which is the Longest Dam?

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Which is the Longest Dam?

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  1. in India i think it`s hirakud or bhakranangal.


  2. resmi

    let the answerers take some rest

  3. Longest  in the world or in any other country, u haven't mentioned.Please re post ur question with details.

  4. You ahve not given the name of any dams,and asking which is?

  5. BHAKARA DAM  in  india in punjab

  6. The longest rubber dam measures 1,135 m (3,723 ft) long and consists of 16 sections, each section being 70 m (229 ft) long. The "Xiaobudong" rubber dam is situated on the "Yihe river", Shandong Province, China and was completed July 1, 1997.

  7. Hirakud dam on Mahanadi River in Orissa province, India at 25.8 km is the longest. It is Earthen dam. Mahanadi means 'great river' in Sanskrit and other Indian languages.

  8. Do you mean in terms of dimensions or perhaps just height? or water held or power generated?

    >>Itaipu Dam on the border of Brazil and Paraguay is the biggest dam in the world right now and has the largest power generators.

    >>The largest complete structure is the Syncrude Tailings in Canada, at 540,000cu m or 706,320cu yards followed by Chapet�n and Pati, both in Argentina, New Cornelia Tailings in the US is 4th at 209,500cu m or 274,026cu yards.

    >>The highest dam is the Rogun in Tajikistan.

    But when completed in 2009

    Three Gorges Dam, in Hubei Province, China, will be the world's largest dam and largest concrete structure and create the largest lake. The dam will be built across the 3 Gorges section of the Yangtze River. It will be a 610-foot high wall running about 1.3 miles from bank to bank. Requiring 12 years and tens of thousands of workers to complete, the dam will cost $29 billion, and will create a 370 mile long lake, a distance equal to nearly half the length of California, that will be visible from Earth orbit.

  9. In India the longest dam is Brakranangal Dam, which is situated in Punjab.

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