پاکستان میں تربیلا ڈیم دریائے سندھ

Tarbela Dam on the Indus River in Pakistan
is the largest earth filled dam in the world and
second largest by structural volume. It is
located in Haripur District, Hazara Division,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, about 50 kilometres
(31 mi) northwest of Islamabad. The dam
is 485 feet (148 m) high above the riverbed.
The dam forms the Tarbela Reservoir, with
a surface area of approximately 250 square kilometre (97 sq mi). The dam was completed
in 1974 and was designed to store water from
the Indus River for irrigation, flood control, and
the generation of hydroelectric power.