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class="infobox-data">1948<span class="noprint">; 76 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1948</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening date</th><td class="infobox-data">1963<span class="noprint">; 61 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1963</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction cost</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>245.28 crore</span> (equivalent to <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>200 billion or US$2.4 billion in 2023)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:skyblue;">Dam and spillways</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dam#Types" title="Dam">Type of dam</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Concrete gravity</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Impounds</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Satluj_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Satluj River">Satluj River</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">741 ft (226 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">1,700 ft (520 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width (crest)</th><td class="infobox-data">30 ft (9.1 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width (base)</th><td class="infobox-data">625 ft (191 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spillway type</th><td class="infobox-data">Controlled, overflow</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:skyblue;">Reservoir</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Creates</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gobindsagar_Reservoir" class="mw-redirect" title="Gobindsagar Reservoir">Gobindsagar Reservoir</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">7.551 million megalitres (266.70 tmc ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Active capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">6.007 million megalitres</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Catchment area</a></th><td class="infobox-data">56980 km<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface area</th><td class="infobox-data">168.35 km<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum water depth</th><td class="infobox-data">1680 ft</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:skyblue;">Power Station</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commission date</th><td class="infobox-data">1962–1963</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Water_turbine" title="Water turbine">Turbines</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5 x 108 MW, 5 x 157 MW <a href="/wiki/Francis_turbine" title="Francis turbine">Francis-type</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nameplate_capacity" title="Nameplate capacity">Installed capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1325 <a href="/wiki/Megawatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Megawatt">MW</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bhakra Nangal Dam</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Concrete" title="Concrete">concrete</a> <a href="/wiki/Gravity_dam" title="Gravity dam">gravity dam</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Satluj" class="mw-redirect" title="Satluj">Satluj</a> River in Bhakra Village in <a href="/wiki/Bilaspur_district,_Himachal_Pradesh" title="Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh">Bilaspur district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. The dam forms the <a href="/wiki/Govind_Sagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Govind Sagar">Gobind Sagar</a> reservoir. Nangal Dam is another dam at <a href="/wiki/Nangal" title="Nangal">Nangal</a> in <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a> downstream of Bhakra Dam. However, sometimes both the dams together are called <b>Bhakra-Nangal Dam</b> though they are two separate dams. </p><p>The dam is located at a gorge near the (now submerged) upstream Bhakra village in <a href="/wiki/Bilaspur_district,_Himachal_Pradesh" title="Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh">Bilaspur district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a> and is of height 226 m.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The length of the dam (measured from the road above it) is 518.25 m and the width is 9.1 m. Its reservoir known as "Gobind Sagar" stores up to 9.34 billion cubic metres of water. The 90 km long reservoir created by the Bhakra Dam is spread over an area of 168.35 km<sup>2</sup>. In terms of storage of water, it is the third <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_reservoirs_in_India" title="List of largest reservoirs in India">largest reservoir</a> in India, the first being <a href="/wiki/Indirasagar_Dam" title="Indirasagar Dam">Indira Sagar dam</a> in <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a> with capacity of 12.22 billion cubic meters and the second being <a href="/wiki/Nagarjunasagar_Dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagarjunasagar Dam">Nagarjunasagar Dam</a> in Telangana. </p><p>Described as "New Temple of Resurgent India" by <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first prime minister of India, the dam attracts tourists from all over India. Bhakra dam is 15 km from <a href="/wiki/Nangal" title="Nangal">Nangal</a> town, Punjab and 106 km from <a href="/wiki/Bilaspur,_Himachal_Pradesh" title="Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh">Bilaspur</a> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhakra_Dam&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Bridge</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn org">Bhakra Dam bridge</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bhakra_Dam&params=31.4108_N_76.4333_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°24′39″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°26′00″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.4108°N 76.4333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.4108; 76.4333</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total length</th><td class="infobox-data">1700 feet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">30 feet</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Location</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="14" data-overlays="["_7c74714d5c3acfacfb995f25328854e328f7f053"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Bhakra_Dam&revid=1249156803&groups=_7c74714d5c3acfacfb995f25328854e328f7f053" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Bhakra_Dam&revid=1249156803&groups=_7c74714d5c3acfacfb995f25328854e328f7f053 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jawaharlal_Nehru_at_Bhakra,_1953.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Jawaharlal_Nehru_at_Bhakra%2C_1953.jpg/220px-Jawaharlal_Nehru_at_Bhakra%2C_1953.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Jawaharlal_Nehru_at_Bhakra%2C_1953.jpg/330px-Jawaharlal_Nehru_at_Bhakra%2C_1953.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Jawaharlal_Nehru_at_Bhakra%2C_1953.jpg/440px-Jawaharlal_Nehru_at_Bhakra%2C_1953.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Nehru during the construction of the Dam in the Punjab, 1953</figcaption></figure> <p>The Bhakra-Nangal multipurpose dams were among the earliest river valley development schemes undertaken by India after independence though the project had been conceived long before India became a free nation. The agreement for this project had been signed by the then Punjab Revenue Minister, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Chhotu_Ram" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Chhotu Ram">Sir Chhotu Ram</a> in November 1944 with Raja of Bilaspur and finalised the project plan on 8 January 1945. Preliminary works commenced in 1946. Construction of the dam started in 1948; Jawaharlal Nehru poured the first bucket of concrete into the dry riverbed of the <a href="/wiki/Sutlej" title="Sutlej">Sutlej</a> on 17 November 1955, as a symbolic initiation of the work. Addressing a gathering there, he said, "This is a gift to the people of India and to the future generations from the workers who built this dam", calling for "raising a memorial" at the dam "in honour" of the workers.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dam was completed by the end of 1963. Successive stages were completed by the early 1970s. </p><p> Initially, the construction of the dam was started by Sir <a href="/wiki/Louis_Dane" title="Louis Dane">Louis Dane</a>, the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. But the project got delayed and was restarted soon after independence under the chief architect Rai Bahadur Kunwar Sen Gupta. It was financed entirely by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">union government</a>. The Control Board for the project included representatives from union government, and of the governments of <a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union" title="Patiala and East Punjab States Union">Patiala and East Punjab States Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, Bilaspur and <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>. The dam was built primarily by Indian workers, with the exception of the American <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Slocum" title="Harvey Slocum">Harvey Slocum</a> who consulted on the project and many workers from the United States Bull Shoals Dam project that joined Slocum on the construction of the Bhakra Dam. A small city was constructed to house the U.S. workers.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The organisation evolved for the purpose of design and construction was divided into three parts. The Designs Directorate provided the designs and drawings. The Construction and Plant Design Directorate was to look after its execution and installing of the plant, while the Directorate of Inspection and Control ensured that the specifications are accorded to safety requirements were met.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 1954, Nehru visited the dam to formally inaugurate it. Historian <a href="/wiki/Ramachandra_Guha" title="Ramachandra Guha">Ramachandra Guha</a> writes<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>:</p><blockquote><p>As he [Nehru] flicked on the switch of the power house, Dakotas of the Indian air force dipper their wings overhead. Next he opened the sluice gates of the dam. Seeing the water coming towards them, the villagers downstream set off hundreds of homemade crackers. As one eyewitness wrote, 'For 150 miles the boisterous celebration spread like a chain reaction along the great canal and the branches and distributaries to the edge of the Rajasthan Desert, long before the water got there'</p></blockquote><p>In October 1963, at the ceremony to mark the dedication of the Bhakra–Nangal project to the nation, Prime Minister Nehru said, "This dam has been built with the unrelenting toil of man for the benefit of mankind and therefore is worthy of worship. May you call it a Temple or a Gurdwara or a Mosque, it inspires our admiration and reverence". On 22 October 2013, the Government of India approved the release of a commemorative stamp to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bhakra Dam. As how successful India was at that time that it was the only dam in Asia which could produce 1500 MW power. </p><p>Also, these are multipurpose projects. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhakra_Dam&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dam, at 741 ft (226 m), is one of the highest gravity dams in the world (compared to USA's largest <a href="/wiki/Oroville_Dam" title="Oroville Dam">Oroville Dam</a> at 770 ft). The 166 km<sup>2</sup> <a href="/wiki/Gobindsagar_Reservoir" class="mw-redirect" title="Gobindsagar Reservoir">Gobindsagar Reservoir</a>, named after <a href="/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Guru Gobind Singh</a>, is created by this dam which is the third largest reservoir in India the first being <a href="/wiki/Indira_Sagar_Dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Indira Sagar Dam">Indira Sagar Dam</a> and second <a href="/wiki/Nagarjunasagar_Dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagarjunasagar Dam">Nagarjunasagar Dam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river Satluj used to flow through a narrow gorge between two hills, Naina Devi and Ramgarh, and the site was chosen to dam the river. The large map <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/india/nh-43-03.jpg">http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/india/nh-43-03.jpg</a> shows the location of the original Bhakra village that was submerged in the lake formed behind the dam. </p><p>Bhakra dam was part of the larger multipurpose Bhakra Nangal Project whose aims were to prevent floods in the Satluj-Beas river valley, to provide irrigation to adjoining states and also to provide <a href="/wiki/Hydro-electricity" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydro-electricity">hydro-electricity</a>. It also became a tourist spot for the tourists during later years because of its huge size and uniqueness. </p><p>It also has four spillway gates that are only used when the reservoir exceeds the maximum allowed level. </p><p>Nangal dam is a barrage dam that is 10 km downstream of Bhakra dam </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Irrigation">Irrigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhakra_Dam&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Irrigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dam holds excess waters during the monsoon and provides a regulated release during the year. It also prevents damage due to monsoon floods. The <b>Bhakra Canal</b> fed by this dam provides irrigation to 10 million acres of (40,000 km<sup>2</sup>) fields in <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Water flows from Bhakra Dam downstream Nangal dam where it is controlled and released into Nangal Hydel Channel that later becomes Bhakra Main Line after Ganguwal and Kotla power plants. The Bhakra main line is a canal that mostly supplies irrigation water to the state of Haryana. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electricity_generation">Electricity generation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhakra_Dam&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Electricity generation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bhakra Dam has ten power generators with five on each side. Generators for the left power house were originally supplied by Hitachi, Japan and upgraded to the present capacity by Sumitomo, Hitachi and Andritz.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Generators for the right side were originally supplied by <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and later upgraded to the present capacity by <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two power houses have a total capacity of 1325 MW. The left power house contain 3 x 108 MW and 2 x 126 MW <a href="/wiki/Francis_turbine" title="Francis turbine">Francis turbines</a> while the right has 5 x 157 MW.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The power generated at Bhakra Dam is distributed among partner states of <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjab" title="Punjab">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>. </p><p>Three additional power plants are on the two canals Nangal Hydel Channel and Anandpur Sahib Hydel Channel that originate from Nangal dam. Their generation capacities are : Ganguwal - 77.65 MW, Kotla - 77.65 MW and Anandpur - 134 MW.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fishing">Fishing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhakra_Dam&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fishing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gobind_sagar_lake_ambuj.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Gobind Sagar Lake (Bhakra Dam Reservoir)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Gobind_sagar_lake_ambuj.jpg/220px-Gobind_sagar_lake_ambuj.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Gobind_sagar_lake_ambuj.jpg/330px-Gobind_sagar_lake_ambuj.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Gobind_sagar_lake_ambuj.jpg/440px-Gobind_sagar_lake_ambuj.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Gobind Sagar Lake (Bhakra Dam Reservoir)</figcaption></figure> <p>The Gobind Sagar reservoir is home to many fish species including endangered <a href="/wiki/Mahseer" title="Mahseer">Mahseer</a>. Commercial fishing in the reservoir is a source of revenue for the local population. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Management">Management</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhakra_Dam&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) was constituted in 1966 for the administration, maintenance and operation of Bhakra Nangal Project from 1 October 1967. It manages the operation of both the dams. Its members are appointed by the government of India and by the states of <a href="/wiki/Punjab" title="Punjab">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>, and Union territories of <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a>. Bhakra Management Board was renamed Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) on 15 May 1976 to also manage dams on the river <a href="/wiki/Beas" class="mw-redirect" title="Beas">Beas</a>. Since then the Bhakra Beas Management Board is engaged in the regulation of the supply of water and power from Bhakra Nangal Project and Beas Projects to the states of <a href="/wiki/Punjab" title="Punjab">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> government. </p><p>The Bhakra Beas Management Board regulates, operates and manages Bhakra Dam, <a href="/wiki/Pandoh_Dam" title="Pandoh Dam">Dehar Hydroelectric Project</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pong_Dam" title="Pong Dam">Pong dam</a>, Ganguwal and Kotla power stations.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhakra_Dam&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_1967_-_Colnect_145594_-_Bhakra_Dam.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Stamp_of_India_-_1967_-_Colnect_145594_-_Bhakra_Dam.jpeg/220px-Stamp_of_India_-_1967_-_Colnect_145594_-_Bhakra_Dam.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Stamp_of_India_-_1967_-_Colnect_145594_-_Bhakra_Dam.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="326" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption>1967 postal stamp</figcaption></figure> <p>Being the second largest dam in India after <a href="/wiki/Tehri_Dam" title="Tehri Dam">Tehri Dam</a>, it attracts a large number of tourists who visit its reservoir and attractive location. However, for security reasons, visitors to Bhakra-Nangal Dam has been banned since Board (BBMB) are also run the Bhakhra Tourism Railway run on narrow gauge railway line just like Darjeeling himalayan railway, from bhakhra dam to nangal dam. There are 8 railway stations and traveling is absolutely free. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Displacement_of_People">Displacement of People</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhakra_Dam&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Displacement of People"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The large reservoir created by the dam displaced a large population from the district of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bilasapur,_Himachal_Pradesh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bilasapur, Himachal Pradesh (page does not exist)">Bilaspur</a>. About 371 villages were submerged. 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_reservoirs_in_India" title="List of largest reservoirs in India">List of largest reservoirs in India</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_the_tallest_dams_in_India&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of the tallest dams in India (page does not exist)">List of the tallest dams in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Asia" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Bangladesh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Bangladesh (page does not exist)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Bhutan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Bhutan (page does not exist)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Brunei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Brunei (page does not exist)">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Cambodia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Cambodia (page does not exist)">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_China" title="List of dams and reservoirs in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Cyprus" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_East_Timor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in East Timor (page does not exist)">East Timor (Timor-Leste)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Egypt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Egypt (page does not exist)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Georgia (country) (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_India" title="List of dams and reservoirs in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Indonesia" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Iran" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Iran">Iran</a></li> 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not exist)">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_South_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in South Korea (page does not exist)">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Kuwait&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Kuwait (page does not exist)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Kyrgyzstan" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Laos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Laos (page does not exist)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Lebanon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Lebanon (page does not exist)">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a 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title="List of dams and reservoirs in Angola (page does not exist)">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Botswana" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Burundi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Burundi (page does not exist)">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Cameroon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Cameroon (page does not exist)">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Democratic Republic of the Congo (page does not exist)">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Egypt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Egypt (page does not exist)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Ethiopia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Ghana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Ghana (page does not exist)">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Ivory_Coast&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Ivory Coast (page does not exist)">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Kenya" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Liberia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Liberia (page does not exist)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Malawi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Malawi (page does not exist)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Mali&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Mali (page does not exist)">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Morocco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Morocco (page does not exist)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Mozambique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Mozambique (page does not exist)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Namibia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Namibia (page does not exist)">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Nigeria" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Rwanda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Rwanda (page does not exist)">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_in_South_Africa" title="List of dams in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Sudan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Sudan (page does not exist)">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Swaziland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Swaziland (page does not exist)">Swaziland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Tanzania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Tanzania (page does not exist)">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Uganda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Uganda (page does not exist)">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Zambia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Zambia (page does not exist)">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Zimbabwe" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gordon_Dam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Gordon_Dam.jpg/140px-Gordon_Dam.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Gordon_Dam.jpg/210px-Gordon_Dam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Gordon_Dam.jpg/280px-Gordon_Dam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2552" data-file-height="3882" 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India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Indonesia" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Iran" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Iraq" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Kazakhstan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Kazakhstan (page does not exist)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Kyrgyzstan" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dams_and_reservoirs_in_Laos" title="Dams and reservoirs in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_in_Malaysia" title="List of dams in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dams_in_Myanmar" class="mw-redirect" title="Dams in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Pakistan" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Philippines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Philippines (page does not exist)">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Russia" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="List of dams in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Singapore" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_South_Korea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in South Korea (page does not exist)">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Syria (page does not exist)">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Taiwan" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Thailand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Thailand (page does not exist)">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in United Arab Emirates (page does not exist)">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Vietnam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Vietnam (page does not exist)">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Australasia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Australia" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_East_Timor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in East Timor (page does not exist)">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Indonesia" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_New_Zealand" title="List of dams and reservoirs in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Papua_New_Guinea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Papua New Guinea (page does not exist)">Papua New Guinea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Albania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Albania (page does not exist)">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Armenia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Armenia (page does not exist)">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Austria" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Azerbaijan (page does not exist)">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Belgium (page does not exist)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Bosnia-Herzegovina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Bosnia-Herzegovina (page does not exist)">Bosnia-Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Bulgaria" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Croatia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Croatia (page does not exist)">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Cyprus" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="List of dams and reservoirs in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Denmark&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Denmark (page does not exist)">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Estonia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Estonia (page does not exist)">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Finland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Finland (page does not exist)">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_France" title="List of dams and reservoirs in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Georgia_(country)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Georgia (country) (page does not exist)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Germany" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Greece&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Greece (page does not exist)">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Hungary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Hungary (page does not exist)">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Iceland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Iceland (page does not exist)">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in the Republic of Ireland (page does not exist)">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Italy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Italy (page does not exist)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Latvia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Latvia (page does not exist)">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Lithuania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Lithuania (page does not exist)">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_the_Netherlands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in the Netherlands (page does not exist)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_North_Macedonia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in North Macedonia (page does not exist)">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Norway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Norway (page does not exist)">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Poland" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Portugal" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Romania" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Russia" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" 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Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Ukraine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Ukraine (page does not exist)">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Canada" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Dominican_Republic" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Mexico&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Mexico (page does not exist)">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of dams and reservoirs in United States">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Argentina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Argentina (page does not exist)">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Brazil" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Chile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Chile (page does not exist)">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Colombia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Colombia (page does not exist)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Paraguay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of dams and reservoirs in Paraguay (page does not exist)">Paraguay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_dams_in_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="List of largest dams in the world">Largest dams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_dams_in_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tallest dams in the world">Tallest dams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_reservoirs_by_volume" title="List of 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