Correct Answer - Option 3 : Three Gorges Dam
The correct answer is Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world in terms of electricity production.
- The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River in Yiling District.
- The Three Gorges Dam has been the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) since 2012.
- The Three Gorges Dam has a generating capacity of 22,500 megawatts (MW).
- The height of Three Gorges is about 181 meters and the length is about 2, 335 m.
- The dam creates the Three Gorges Reservoir, which has a surface area of about 1,045 square kilometers.
- In the United States, the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River, Washington, is the largest, with a generating capacity of about 6,800 MW.
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Tarbela Dam is the world’s largest fill-type dam.
- It is built over the River Indus near the small town of Tarbela in the Haripur District of Pakistan.
- It is also the second-largest dam in the world in terms of reservoir capacity.
- Longtan Dam is a large roller-compacted concrete (RCC) gravity dam on the Hongshui River in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
- The dam is 216.2 metres high and 849 m long.
