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World Highest building,Towers,Dams and Tunnels

                                                   World's Tallest Buildings



RankBuilding, City
Year
Stories
Height (m)
Height (ft)
1
Burj Dubai, Dubai, The United Arab Emirates
2009
162
818
2,684
2
Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan
2004
101
508
1,667
3
World Financial Center, Shanghai, China
2008
101
492
1,614
4
Petronas Tower 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998
88
452
1,483
5
Petronas Tower 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998
88
452
1,483
6
Greenland Financial Center, Nanjing, China
2009
66
450
1,476
7
Sears Tower, Chicago
1974
110
442
1,451
8
Guangzhou West Tower, Guangzhou, China
2009
103
438
1,435
9
Jin Mao Building, Shanghai, China
1999
88
421
1,381
10
Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong
2003
88
415
1,362

                                                      World's Tallest Towers



Tower, City
Year
Height (m)
Height (ft)
Canadian National (CN) Tower, Toronto
1975
553
1,815
Ostankino Tower, Moscow
1967
537
1,762
KFVS TV Tower, Missouri
1960
511
1,677
Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai
1995
468
1,535
Milad Tower, Tehran
2005
435
1,427
Menara Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1996
421
1,403
Tianjin TV Tower, Tianjin, China
1991
415
1,362
Central Radio & TV Tower,
Beijing
1992
405
1,329
Kiev TV Tower, Kiev, Ukraine
1973
385
1,263
Tashkent Tower, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1985
375
1,230
Liberation Tower, Kuwait City
1996
372
1,221
Alma-Ata Tower, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1983
371
1,217
Riga TV Tower, Riga, Latvia
1987
368
1,209
Fernsehturm Tower, Germany
1969
368
1,207
Stratosphere Tower, Las Vegas, United States
1996
350
1,149
Macau Tower, Macau, China
2001
338
1,109


                                                        World's Highest Dams




NameRiver, Location
Height (m)
Height (ft)
Year
completed
Rogun
Vakhsh, Tajikistan
335
1,099
1985
Nurek
Vakhsh, Tajikistan
300
984
1980
Xiaowan
Lancang, China
292
958
under construction
Grande Dixence
Dixence, Switzerland
285
935
1962
Inguri
Inguri, Georgia
272
892
1984
Vaiont
Vaiont, Italy
262
859
1961
Manuel M. Torres
Grijalva, Mexico
261
856
1981
Tehri
Bhagirathi, India
261
856
under construction
Álvaro Obregón
Mextiquic, Mexico
260
853
1926
Mauvoisin
Drance de Bagnes, Switzerland
250
820
1957
Alberto LlerasOrinoco, Colombia
243
797
1989
MicaBritish Columbia, Canada
243
797
1972
Sayano-ShushenskayaYenisei, Russia
242
794
1980
ErtanYangtze/Yalong, China
240
787
1999
La EsmeraldaBatá, Colombia
237
778
1975



                               Tunnels of the Worlds




NameLocation
Length (km)
Year
completed
Railroad, excluding subways
Seikan
Tsugaru Strait, Japan
53.9
1988
Channel Tunnel
English Channel, England-France
50.0
1994
Iwate Ichinohe
Tanigawa Mountains, Japan
25.8
2002
Daishimizu
Mikuni Mountain Range, Japan
22.2
1982
Simplon (I and II)Alps, Switzerland-Italy
19.8
1906, 1922
VereinaKlosters-Sagliains, Switzerland
19.1
1999
Shin KanmonKanmon Strait, Japan
18.7
1975
ApennineBologna-Florence, Italy
18.5
2002
Vehicular
LaerdalLaerdal–Aurland, Norway
24.5
2000
St. GotthardAlps, Switzerland
16.4
1980
ArlbergAustrian Alps
14.0
1979
FréjusFrench Alps
12.9
1980
Mt. BlancAlps, France-Italy
11.3
1965
GudvangaBergen-Oslo, Norway
11.4
1991
FolgefonnOdda-Gjerde, Norway
11.2
2001
Kanetsu (southbound)Tokyo-Niigata, Japan
11.0
1991
Kanetsu (northbound)Tokyo-Niigata, Japan
10.9
1985



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