Australia's largest dam is Lake Gordon, on the Gordon River in southwest Tasmania. When full, Lake Gordon covers an area of about 48,000 hectares. It has a capacity of 12450 million cubic metres.
Acording to various Australian Government websites, the ten largest manmade reservoirs/dams in Australia are:
1. Gordon Dam (Lake Gordon) in Tasmania, 12 450 million cubic metres
2. Ord River Dam (Lake Argyle) in Western Australia, 10 760 million cubic metres
3. Eucumbene Dam (Lake Eucumbene) in New South Wales, 4798 million cubic metres
4. Dartmouth Dam in Victoria, 4000 million cubic metres
5. Eildon Dam (Lake Eildon) in Victoria, 3390 million cubic metres
6. Miena Rockfill in Tasmania, 3356 million cubic metres
7. Hume Dam (Lake Hume) in southern NSW, 3038 million cubic metres
8. Scotts Peak in Tasmania, 2960 million cubic metres
9. Serpentine in Tasmania, 2960 million cubic metres
10. Edgar Dam in Tasmania, 2960 million cubic metres
Olympic Dam in South Australia.
The largest dam in the Philippines is the San Roque dam.
yes, Mangla dam is 6th largest dam in the world.
The largest dam in New Zealand is the Benmore Dam
Chalcopyrite is famously minded at Olympic Dam, one of the largest mines in the world.
As of 2008, the largest hydroelectric dam is the Three Gorges Dam in China.
Navajo Dam
Idikki Dam in Kerala is India's largest and Asia'a second largest arch dam
Victoria Dam - Western Australia - was created in 1991.
Ganges - Brahmaputra Delta is largest in the world. It is partially in India and partially in Bangladesh.
The Grand Coulee Dam.
Sterkfontein Dam