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Fig. 3.7 Photo of the tallest dam in the world—3015-MW el Nurek hydroelectric power plant
with 300-m dam (Tajikistan). The plant equipped with 335MW el 9¼3015MW el Francis
turbines [9].
Photo taken from Wikimedia Commons, author I. Rustamov.

Fig. 3.8 Photo of the largest run-of-the-river hydro plant in the world—2620-MW el Chief
Joseph hydroelectric power plant (i.e., an artificial lake behind the dam is not able to store large
amounts of water) (Bridgeport, WA, United States). The plant is equipped with 27 Francis
turbines 100MW el each. Height of gravity dam is 72m, length: 1.817km, top width: 7m, base
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width: 50m, flowrate: 6030m per s, artificial lake capacity: 0.636km , surface area: 34km ,
and length: 82km [10].
Photo taken from Wikimedia Commons, original photo by US Army Corps of Engineers.