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World's 25 Largest Capacity Reservoirs |
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| Reservoir | Cubic Yards | Cubic Meters | River or Basin Location | Year Completed | |
| 1 | Owen Falls |
3,537,000,000,000 |
2,700,000,000,000 |
Lake Victoria/Nile, Uganda |
1954 |
| 2 | Kariba | 236,586,000,000 | 180,600,000,000 | Zambezi, Zimbabwe/Zambia | 1959 |
| 3 | Bratsk | 221,744,000,000 | 169,270,000,000 | Angara, Russia | 1964 |
| 4 | Aswan High | 211,765,000,000 | 162,000,000,000 | Nile, Egypt | 1970 |
| 5 | Akosombo | 196,078,000,000 | 150,000,000,000 | Volta, Ghana | 1965 |
| 6 | Daniel Johnson | 185,826,000,000 | 141,852,000,000 | Manicouagan, Quebec | 1968 |
| 7 | Guri | 176,470,000,000 | 135,000,000,000 | Caroni, Venezuela | 1986 |
| 8 | Krasnoyarsk | 96,023,000 | 73,300,000 | Yenesei, Russia | 1967 |
| 9 | W. A. C. Bennett | 92,105,000,000 | 70,309,000,000 | Peace, British Columbia | 1967 |
| 10 | Zeya | 89,604,000 | 68,400,000 | Zeya, Russia | 1978 |
| 11 | Cabora Bassa | 82-530,000 | 63,000,000 | Zambezi, Mozambique | 1974 |
| 12 | La Grande 2 | 80,847,000 | 61,715,000 | La Grande, Quebec | 1978 |
| 13 | La Grande 3 | 78,626,000 | 60,020,000 | La Grande, Quebec | 1981 |
| 14 | Ust-Ilim | 77,683,000 | 59,300,000 | Angara, Russia | 1977 |
| 15 | Boguchany | 76,242,000 | 58,200,000 | Angara, Russia | 1989 |
| 16 | Volga-V.I. Lenin (Kuibyshev) |
75,980,000,000 |
58,000,000,000 |
Volga, Russia |
1955 |
| 17 | Capiapiscau | 70,478,000 | 53,800,000 | Caniapiscau, Quebec | |
| 18 | Bukhtarma | 65,238,000 | 49,800,000 | Irtysh, Russia | 1960 |
| 19 | Atuturk | 63,797,000 | 48,700,000 | Euphrates, Turkey | 1990 |
| 20 | Irkutsk | 60,260,000 | 46,000,000 | Angara, Russia | 1989 |
| 21 | Tucurui | 64,753,000 | 49,536,000 | Tocantins, Brazil | 1984 |
| 22 | Lower Kama | 58,858,000 | 45,000,000 | Kama, Russia | 1987 |
| 23 | Vilyue | 47,029,000 | 35,900,000 | Vilyui, Russia | 1967 |
| 24 | Sanmenxia | 46,374,000 | 35,400,000 | Huanghe (Yellow River), China | 1960 |
| 25 | Wuluwati | 45,359,000 | 34,700,000 | Kalakashi, China | 1999 |
Source; International Committee on Large Dams (1998)
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