This is a list of the tallest dams in the world above in height. The tallest man-made dam in the world is the Jinping-I dam, an arch dam in China at . The tallest embankment dam and the second-tallest man-made dam in the world is the Nurek Dam in Tajikistan, built by the USSR. The tallest gravity dam is the Grande Dixence Dam in Switzerland. The tallest natural dam, the Usoi Dam in Tajikistan, is higher than the tallest existing man-made dam.