Dam That's Big: The True Scale of the World's Largest Dams
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- We’ve compared the world's largest dams with well-known buildings to show their true scale. These engineering feats are not just big - they’re DAM big. This video was powered by Bluebeam - bit.ly/2DkdILi
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That Jean-Claude Van Damme (Dam) measurement should be used more often in engineering
Let's make the Jean-Claude Van Damme an official measurement unit
"alright mate, how many Jean-Claudes is that bit of timber?"
XD XD
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What's the conversion of JCVD to Toyota Corollas ?
Dam the metric system, I'm measuring in Jean Claude Van Damme now, the absolute superior measurement unit
The B1M got me bursting of laughter. Luckily I am no dam!
😂😂
@Richard Westwell who cares?
How was the Kool-Aid.....
@Richard Westwell spoiler alert: I know that. My english comes from the darkest sides of the internet. But thanks for caring anyway. BTW life without puns, is it even worth it?
My B1M experience isn’t complete when I don’t hear the word vast. Love this channel so much!
hahah ikr
The word is vastly underrated.
Vast
vawhst
Yeah Fred's voice is iconic...
Big shout out to Jean-Claude. If you ever want to co-host a video about massive dams on this channel just hit us up.
XD
Hahahahaha
I don’t think he gives a damn
Van Damne should measure a dam while driving a van
What if he does not have time for it? (Reference to one of my favorite movies he made, for those who did not get it)
B1M feels like it should be a TV Channel with this production quality
Thank you so much!! 🙌
I know! This is some National Geographic level stuff.
Indeed!!!
@@firstnamelastname2888 It seriously is. No doubt theyre gonna keep growing and be used in education a lot InshAllah
@@TheB1M I have a question. Is this a God dam? M'heh heh heh heh. You know: goddamn.
You should have said "hit that dam subscribe button" at the end
Dam.
this is better than the JCVD one. video is worth an edit surely B1M?
No dam it!!!
SOP's for working in Industry
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We had DAM good fun making this
Not funny.
Oh I see, you a man of culture too
badamn tss!
Another dam good video from a dam good channel.
@@klodimjerashaj5244 If you looked at my name, you would see I'm not a man, you idiot.
All these comparisons must've been so dam fun to calculate
Dam right
SOP's for working in Industry
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You got dam right
China: dam, we just made the world spin slower. 😂
Yes, lately China has been very naughty!
Except, earth doesnt spin, its stationary flat plane, research it.
lanz ortiz
Man that is quite a lot of freetime china blessed us with.
@@antman7673 yup that's actually fine by me 😉
What happened to you, China? You used to be cool.
The Itaipu dam in Brazil often produces more electricity than the Three Gorges one even though it has a smaller installed capacity + holds the record for the most MWh ever generated by a dam in one year
I love how they add the title with "DAM that's big !",but that title is god DAM big !
Same what a clever title
and measuring in Jean Claude van DAMs XD
SOP's for working in Industry
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He has got a DAM calming voice.
In Taiwan, the Three Gorges Dam collapses several times a year
Fiddles ticks Not that it’s at all possible, if the dam collapses, the flood will kill probably millions. The fact that the Taiwanese know this fact but still wish this disaster upon the Chinese people speaks volumes for the islanders’ true colours.
Yup. I read the news from Taiwan. The three gorges dam only got 16.5cm in thick in their news. I don't know they are not good at math or eyes.
just the media not the people.
@@fridgemagnet9831 nope, the people is also really stupid if u ask me
Not just Taiwan. It's well-known that there was a lot of corruption in the building of the Three Gorges Dam, and also some very questionable design choices. Even the CCP admits to cracks and shifting, though they insist that they're within tolerances.
Three Gorges Dam is in trouble as we speak. It's failing in its flood control function and has opened all floodgates in an attempt to preserve the structure of the dam itself, despite flooding in downstream Wuhan.
When B1M makes a shift from straightforward, sort of formal titles to a little creative, eye-catching ones.... I like it.
Imagine the DAMage that would be caused if those dams burst
It we'll just a matter of time
Dam!
@@o-dog6142 curious to see some overlap in subscribership between B1M and some falungong funded channels (NTD, The epoch times, China in focus. etc) that claimed the 3 gorges dam is about to collapse. you do know they've been propagating this fake news even before the dam was completed right? getting news from them is like getting news from North Korean news agency about the USA.
only sort of funny
@@obsidianstatue TGD is in rough shape, Falun Gong = good, CCP= bad, You= chinese troll. Practice Qigong you will see
"Largest US Dam by Reservoir Size" is such a heavily qualified statement that I just mentally swapped that out to "We wanted to talk about this absolute icon here"
No kidding, spotted that immediately too lol. Looking up the biggest dam by resivoir volume leaves Hoover in the dust.
The Manics is a whole other level...
And forgot to add a category for Itaupu Dam which is the Dam which has produced the most electricity per year...
I'm confused. is it regular Jean-Claude Van Damne or is it JCVD doing split length?
It's a length of his 'lines'
People from Brazil and Paraguay: we are sad you didn't mention Itaipú.
Physically not as impressive, but a monster of power generation.
@@mryan4452it literally changed the course of the 7th largest river in the world lol it’s “dam” impressive
@@LuizHartkopflol I'm from far away in Ireland and I visited it ..really enjoyed visiting it and Foz de Iguozu!!
On this list, Hoover Dam is the oldest (1931) followed by my country's Tarbela Dam (1960).
I wonder what the oldest actively used dam is...B1M could've had that in the video.
Maybe in a separate video on the oldest currently serving infrastructure.
@@deus_ex_machina_ oldest actively used dam is in south India which was built nearly 1000 years ago by chola kinga
Oldest dam ever is in South India 🇮 built before 1000 years
@@deus_ex_machina_ probably the silk road
@@deus_ex_machina_ A Google search says Quatinah Barrage in Syria is the oldest dam in the world, dating back to 1319-1304 BC. Now that's old!
Well damn.
I had no idea these things are so big.
Excellent video. Fantastic content. And that editing **chef's kiss**
Loving the visuals and references to scale, great to understand just how truly enormous these structures are!
This was a fascinating video to watch. Dams are an absolute marvel to look at when its been constructed but this video showed me so much more. This was an amazing video
it's your graphics!
Love how B1M can visualise the point's in the script with unique animations, infographs, what have you!
That's what makes your channel so special!
For visual learners, your videos are a bitesize fairly in-depth introduction into key areas where business, architecture and engineering intersect.
Really, thank you!!!
we needed to place the itaipu plant in brazil
*Brazil - PARAGUAY. It’s the largest BI-NATIONAL dam, so far. And it holds so many world records: It’s the most productive hidroelectric power plant. It would take China’s "Three Gorges", 246 years, to produce the amount of electric energy that ITAIPU hast produced since 1984. (2,6 Billion MWh!!!) That amount would be enough to supply electricity to THE WHOLE WORLD for almost 42 days.
It also holds the world record in "yearly production" with a VAST 103 MWh of electricity since Jan 01 through dec 31, last year.
@@walreeves
The Three Gorges Dam has been the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) since 2012.] The dam generates an average 95±20 TWh of electricity per year, depending on annual amount of precipitation in the river basin. After the extensive monsoon rainfalls of 2020, the dam's annual production reached ~112 TWh, breaking the previous world record of ~103 TWh set by Itaipu Dam in 2016.
The fact the Itaipu dam isn’t here is a travesty
Well Damn that's huge.
Pun intended.
How many Jean Claude van Dams huge?
People who point out their puns are like comedians who explain their jokes: they both think you're too stupid to get it. The only good thing about the phrase "pun intended" is that it saves you time when you want to say "hello, I'm going to be at the bag convention this weekend, please be sure to stop by and say 'hi.' I'll be at the douche exhibit." Here's the deal: when you point out your puns, you're making a value judgement on me, the reader. You're saying:
Hey reader, you see that play on words I just made? Yeah, well that wasn't an accident. In fact, I thought it was so clever that I didn't think your simple mind would be able to comprehend the brilliance of my play on words, and I wanted to make sure you know that I'm not only smart enough to use homonyms, but that I'm smart enough to point them out.
gotta put the “that’s what she said”
Pardon my ignorance, but are there some kind of TH-cam awards? Cause if there are, this channel should win many of them!
"Enough to cover the entire country of Monaco [with concrete] to a depth of 75 meters."
Actually, this sounds like a viable alternative to the actual dam project
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dam you man... I burst out laughing and nearly choked while I'm eating
I don't know, I am pretty compelled about flooding Manhattan.
@@ashutoshk7 I'm glad I could brighten up and nearly ruin someone's day at the same time :-D
I am very disappointed that you did not mention Itaipu, the biggest hydroelectric dam by output energy. During 2016 it produced 103 million MWh energy. Imaging producing 11% of the total energy of a country like Brazil
2016 only out produced 3 gorges dam by abit, until today 3 gorges dam still havent utilized her maximum potential yet. In theory its gonna out perform Itaipu by 30%.
You mean 103 million MW? MW is a power measurement and MWh is an energy measurement. Power = energy/time
@@nagi-springfield93 And why did he not use his full capacity?
@@DanielSilva-jj2lz because u need water?
@@nagi-springfield93 Lie. In the last flood everything that was possible to reduce the level of the dam was opened, and even so, it did not exceed the Itaipu record.
The afsluitdijk in the Netherlands is technically a dam, and sits at almost 30km in length. Why not talk about that one in this video too?
Haha this is what I thought too
It's 32 km, 20 miles. Easily the longest dam in the world.
It's boring
Dam, the quality of content in this channel is only increase every video, never thought Dam as a structure will be this entertaining (i guess no matter what the topic is, as long as it comes from B1M it will) also glad you guys hit that 1 million milestone as well, congrats
The production quality of this channel is amazing. I doubt there is just one guy 'the speaker,' so thanks for your hard work.
Love this one!! Nice to see something different than buildings!! Dams are a strange design and obviously sooo strong!!! Surprised a big one from Iceland or a new one in Turkey didn't make the list....🤔
You mentioned the Three Gorges Dam in my country, you should have also mentioned its sister the Itaipu Dam between Brazil and Paraguay. Depending on which metric you use (peak power vs average power), you get a different answer which is the world's biggest dam. Three Gorges has higher installed capacity, but Itaipu still has a slight lead in annual output, presumably because water volume on that river is less seasonal.
Last time I was this early the Three gorges Dam was classed as a Engineering Marvel.
It only took 1 million subs to make some Dam puns
I visited Tarbela dam on my school trip. The wall is so wide and big that it consumed many mountains while building.
[Insert Percy Jackson dam joke]
FINALLY SOMEONE REMEMBERED THE DAM REFERENCE 💀
I don't ever get tired of these Dam videos.
This is the first B1M video that is not that serious and explores a bit of humor, That's really cool!
Who knew that dams could be so interesting! Another amazing video from the B1M! Congrats on surpassing 1 million!
*5:13** Dam that's a crazy fact*
One of the only youtube channels that makes quality content like real discovery shows
That title is worth subbing alone.
DAM, this channel never stops Amazing me!
Hot dam!
When I learn the metric system these videos will blow my mind 🥴
Perfect timing, just before it colapse.
This might actually be my favourite channel.
Damn just imagine if they broke apart!
Feels scary even on thinking
@Sarth Singh 3 gorges is near sadly.
three gorges moment
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Now that's a DAM good video!
I didn't knew largest dam by structural volume exists in Pakistan. Thank you B1M , very informative channel.
Your videos are world class. My week would be incomplete if I don't watch any of your videos.
Lol. Had a lil laugh when I saw this after watching what's been happening to the three gorges dam
Whats been happening to it...
@@followthegrow108 the recent floods on the yangtze is threatening to create a breach in the dam. So I've just been watching it lately like...has it broken? Is it standing? Who knooowwws haha
@098765 Craper oh yeah, I meant the news is always reporting that it's about to break but it never does so it's quite interesting
@098765 Craper it is. Their engeneering is sub par and nothing they makes last. Theres thousands of videos on youtube showing their extremely flawed architecture. Im positive that damn has cracks and will more than likely crumble. Their bulding materials and steel is aweful too. Its why its not allowed in alot of countries and being fazzed out of the us. Fact.
Finally!! Something about Pakistan,Thank you💙
🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
Dam great. :) Thanks for a great education with great visuals as always, The B1M.
The B1M has done it again, another amazing video. Highlight of my night 👍🏻 I just wish they were longer. Like an hour longer.
5:30 Talks about “ever expanding population”; shows b-roll footage of Japan. 😂
lol Asians always get messed up
love the pun in the title lol
Another brilliant video.
The narrative and visuals are very much on point in these!
Fantastic video! Really interesting, very well explained and discussed.
oooh, never been this early for a video :D
DAMN! 💯
You beat me to it. DAM!
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Those damn dams are so dam huge.
Love this channel and these dam comments.
This takes the edge off of things. FUN STUFF.
Love the series 🙏🏼❤️
But the real question is, is the measurement of how many Jean Claudes if he is doing the split or not?
Imagine finding a comment without *DAM* in it
Can't be that dam hard.
This channel is frickin awesome. 🔥🔥🔥
was defo caught offguard with the pun in the end lol
W😲W !!!!!
I am AMAZED by this Information,
Thanks B1M
5:12 probably the highlight of this video
Equivalent to 5 Hoover Dam
Omg Marja Talonen!!!!
Love this channel found it yesterday.
Awesome, B1M, I'm curious to know: what is your favorite infrastructure project?
I LIKED MY OWN COMMENT 😔
The amount of concrete that was used to build the Hoover dam would not be able to reach to new york. Thats a myth.
Of course it would. It just has to be made the right thickness and width. The video claims the dam was built with 3.3 million cubic meters of concrete and that the distance from San Francisco to New York City is 4000 km. Taking those as givens and converting the 4000 km to 4 million meters, we can readily see that we can build a ribbon of concrete 4 million meters long, 0.1 meters thick and 8.25 meters wide (4,000,000 * 0.1 * 8.25 = 3,300,000). If you're claiming that the dam doesn't have that much concrete, or the distance from SF to NYC is longer, simply adjust the numbers to your preferred measurements.
Dams are the reason why i took civil engineering. These structures are pinnacle of engineering.
Dam I love the new videos with diversity in infrastructure projects! Keeps me wondering what y'all are gonna do next! 🤟
DAM that was a good title :)
Hey Fred and Co! Keep up the great content! Your dam right!
Brilliant video. However, maybe you can make a video focusing on 1 or 2 dams and explaining the construction process and engineering. I would love to know what is involved in building a structure like this in such remote areas.
''The sheer scale of this structure is so magnificent, that if you zoom out just slightly, you wouldn't even know it was there.''
Read as " Damn, That's big" 👁👄👁
The dam just doesn’t give a damn.
Your voice is very calming and your videos have very high quality!
Menh I love this channel. I learn something new every day. A Dam slowed the earth?
Wow Interesting.
You guys are doing well.
How can you talk about big dams and not talk about Itapu dam, which is the world's largest generator of energy? :(
The three gorge is on its own level
@@carholic-sz3qv well itaipu still have the record
@@lucasalarcon3230 nope
@@carholic-sz3qv ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
@@carholic-sz3qv are you high
"Currently the 3 Gorges Dam"
Read the news "currently" is the best word. Let's see if it's there in a year.
We Chinese have been hearing "3 gorges dam is collapsing" for more than a decade... Come up with something new, bro.
@@cneccc1a26 Google it. www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/07/20/china-floods-calls-into-question-sustainability-of-massive-three-gorges-dam/#36b3332d4d50 You can even see the sat images. It does not look good.
@@AF-sb3jk Nature is unpredictable and has to be respected. But that does not negate the capacity and wonder of the 3 Gorges Dam
Really interesting videos like this. Keep it up guys!
1:04 ooo i love how it looks after the dam
fascinating as usual
ITAIPU dam, in Paraguay-Brazil, is the most productive one. It holds the world record in electricity production, so far: 2.6 Billion MWh, since 1984. That massive amount of electric power would be enough to supply the whole world’s electricity demand (in September 2020) for at least 42 days straight! It would take 246 years for Three Gorges to produce the same amount of energy.
So... Ladies and Gentlemen, that’s "ITAIPU Binacional". The worlds largest bi-national dam, and the most powerful hidroelectric power plant!
Also biggets anual production per year 98 TWh and and best production in the history 103 TWh huge
Dam the pun on the title I learnt more about dams then by entire dam school Damn!
You guys are on par with NAT GEO and BBC Planet Earth. Amazing quality. Keep up the good work.
The JCVD measurement got me smiling. YES!
Dam that was another bloody good video!
Nicely made report,breathtaking projects and technology,dams of this consequential magnitude are game changing projects 😎
WOW, that is truly amazing!
Give us longer videos with more information please. Love what you give but hoping for more 😊
Even delivered the Jean-Claude Van Damme joke in such an amazing professional way lol
BEAVERS ARE OUR FIRST DAM ENGINEERS.
Chinese dams look like they belong in a cyberpunk game; futuristic but oddly dystopian.