Kambarata-1 Dam

The Kambaratinsker Dam, also Kambar -Ata - project in Kyrgyzstan on the Naryn river will be on completion of one of the largest dams in the world, measured at the building volume of 112.2 million cubic meters and also at the height of 275 meters. Also, the memory space of the reservoir is significant with 4.56 billion cubic meters.

The dam is part of the hydropower plants Kambaratinsk 1 and 2 which are to produce even with capacities of 360 and 1940 MW of energy later. The project, to be built with Russian help to end, is very important for the energy supply of Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian states. Among other things, an aluminum plant to be constructed by a Russian company to be supplied with it.

The dam is built of earth and rock fill. The most voluminous dam in the world, as is sometimes written, he is not though. In Argentina, two are still significantly larger in construction: Chapetón and Pati. However, the greatest is the Syncrude Tailings Dam.