Name |
Country |
Dam |
Outflow |
Surface area (km2) |
Lake Victoria |
Kenya Tanzania Uganda |
Owen Falls Dam |
White Nile |
66,400 |
Irkutsk Reservoir– Lake Baikal |
Russia |
Irkutsk Dam |
Angara River |
32,000 |
Lake Winnipeg |
Canada |
Jenpeg Dam |
Nelson River |
24,420 |
Lake Volta |
Ghana |
Akosombo Dam |
Volta River |
8,500 |
Smallwood Reservoir |
Canada |
Multiple |
Churchill River |
6,527 |
Reindeer Lake |
Canada |
White-sand Dam |
Reindeer River |
6,500 |
Kuybyshev Reservoir |
Russia |
Zhiguli Dam |
Volga River |
6,450 |
Lake Kariba |
Zambia & Zimbabwe |
Kariba Dam |
Zambezi River |
5,580 |
Bukhtarma Reservoir |
Kazakhstan |
Bukhtarma Dam |
Irtysh River |
5,490 |
Bratsk Reservoir |
Russia |
Bratsk Dam |
Angara River |
5,470 |