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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.

Also see the Power Generation map which includes dams and all other power generation in the basin.

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.