Located in Pará, Brazil, Belo Monte Dam is a gravity dam. It was built in 2016 (6 years since completion).
Belo Monte Dam is the 2nd largest hydroelectric gravity dam in the world by installed capacity. The gravity dam stands at a height of 90 meters and impounds up to 1.89 billion m3 of water. Belo Monte Dam has a structural volume of 25.36 million m3 and an installed capacity of 11,233MW.
Compare Belo Monte Dam with Gilgel Gibe III Dam from Ethiopia.