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A guide to major hydropower dams
of the Columbia River Basin

A map of Columbia and Snake River
dams and fish protection facilities

Click any dam on the map, or choose links at the left.

NEW: See our bigger Power Generation map (May 2006)

The Columbia River Basin's hydroelectric system is this nation's most productive source of power.
The major dams on this map have a combined potential capacity of over 24,000 megawatts of power.

Four major Canadian Columbia Basin dams (not shown) are: Duncan, Mica, Keenleyside, and Revelstoke.