Formed instantly by a massive 1911 earthquake-triggered landslide in the Pamir Mountains, the roughly 567-metre-high Usoi Dam is the tallest dam of any kind in the world and impounds Lake Sarez.
Record no. MRB-2026-007045
Tallest dam in the world (natural)
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