Tallest dam：List of tallest dams

Name Height Type Country River Completed Jinping-I Dam 305 m (1,001 ft) Concrete arch  China Yalong 2013 Nurek Dam 300 m (980 ft)[1][2][3] Embankment, earth-fill  Tajikistan Vakhsh 1980 Lianghekou Dam 295 m (968 ft) Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill  China Yalong, Qingda and Xianshui River confluence 2021 Xiaowan Dam 292 m (958 ft) Concrete arch  China Lancang 2010 Baihetan Dam 289 m (948 ft) Concrete arch  China Jinsha River 2021 Xiluodu Dam 285.5 m (937 ft) Concrete arch  China Jinsha River 2013 Grande Dixence Dam 285 m (935 ft) Concrete gravity  Switzerland Dixence 1964 Enguri Dam 271.5 m (891 ft) Concrete arch  Georgia Enguri 1978 Yusufeli Dam 270 m (890 ft) Concrete arch  Turkey Çoruh River 2021 Vajont Dam (disused) 261.6 m (858 ft) Concrete double-arch  Italy Vajont 1959 Nuozhadu Dam 261.5 m (858 ft) Embankment  China Lancang River 2012 Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén) Dam[4] 261 m (856 ft) Embankment, earth-fill  Mexico Grijalva River 1980 Tehri Dam 260.5 m (855 ft) Emban...