Tarbela Dam is an earth-filled dam on the Indus River in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, near the town of Topi, about 105 kilometers northwest of Islamabad. It is the largest earth-filled dam in the world, standing 143 meters above the riverbed. Its reservoir, Tarbela Lake, covers an area of approximately 250 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Tarbela Dam (Wikipedia)
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The dam was completed in 1976.
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It is the largest earth-filled dam in the world.
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It is the largest earth-filled dam in the world, standing 143 meters above the riverbed.
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Tarbela Dam (Pashto: د توربېلې بند, Hindko: تربیلا بند) is an earth-filled dam on the Indus River in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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