Explanation

Mirani Dam is located in the Dashat river
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Mirani Dam was completed in July 2006 and began impounding the Dasht River in August 2006.
The feasibility report of the Mirani dam project was first completed in 1956. 
Mirani Dam was commissioned by(WAPDA) in 2001 to provide water for Gwadar city. 
The Length of Mirani Dam is 3,350 ft (1,020 m)

Mirani Dam is in Kech District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

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• Baglihar Dam, built on the Chenab River in the Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir.
• It is the first power project executed by the Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation.
• It is conceived in 1992 and approved in 1996.
• It is construction began in 1999.
• The dam opened in 2008 with an estimated cost of US$1 billion.
• It was commissioned in two stages: Stage I in 2008-09 and Stage II in 2015-16.

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Three Gorges Dam: hydroelectric gravity dam.

Three Gorges Dam: world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (since 2012).

Location: Central China

Explanation

The Kishanganga dam diverts water from the Kishanganga River to a power plant in the Jhelum River basin

The Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric scheme in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

The Kishanganga dam Opened: May 19, 2018

Installed capacity: 330 MW

The Kishanganga dam Height: 37 m

Owner: NHPC

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Tarbela Dam is located in the Haripur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

It is the largest  built over the River Indus

It is 485 feet (148 m) high above the Indus riverbed.

it is the largest earth-filled dam in the world

It is construction began in 1968

it was Completed in 1976

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Old biggest concrete dam in the World is Grand Coulee Dam

The new biggest concrete dam in the World is Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam, in Hubei province, central China,

The Three Gorges Dam has been the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity  (22,500 MW) since 2012

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Explanation

• The construction of Mangla Dam was started in 1962 and completed in 1967.
• It is an earth-filled embankment dam with a height of 147 meters and a length of 3,140 meters.
• It is situated on the Jhelum River in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
• It is the sixth-largest dam in the world.

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Nurek is a dam in Tajikistan

It is located on the Vakhsh River

It is one of the world's highest dams.

The dam is 984 feet (300 meters) high

It was completed in 1980

Nurek, Tajikistan: the city was established in 1960 to support the construction of the Nurek Dam,

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• Rotterdam is the largest seaport in Europe
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• the surface area of Rotterdam is over 12,600 hectares,
• the port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe. 
  
  

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Akosombo Dam completed in 1965.

Its construction was jointly financed by the government of Ghana, the World Bank, the USA, and the UK.