Flaming Gorge Dam Flaming Gorge Dam Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam on the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in northern Utah in the United States. Flaming Gorge Dam forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which extends into southern Wyoming, submerging four distinct gorges of the Green River. The dam is a major component of the Colorado River Storage Project, which stores and distributes upper Colorado River Basin water. The dam takes its name from a nearby section of the Green River canyon, named by John Wesley Powell in 1869. It was built by the U.S. Bureau of
Techi Dam Techi Dam Techi Dam () is a concrete thin arch dam on the Dajia River in Heping District, Taichung, Taiwan. Forming the Techi Reservoir, the dam is built in the Tachien Gorge in Heping District, providing hydroelectric power, irrigation water, and some flood control, and is operated by the Taiwan Power Company. At , it is the highest dam in Taiwan and one of the tallest dams in the world. The dam was completed in 1974 after five years of construction. Proposals to dam the Dajia River date back to the period of Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan (1895–1945), when