Massive Dam Unleashes World’s Largest Standing Wave (Video)

Although there’s no date attributed to this video, it was uploaded back in July with the headline: “World Most Dangerous and Massive Dam Water Releases after an [sic] year (2025) Emergency water discharges.”

The caption on the video also says it features other dams – Hoover (USA), Three Gorges (China), Bhakra (India) – but after a little investigation, this is clearly the Tarbela in Pakistan. And after a few minutes of sirens blaring, the gates open, the water rushes down the slope, and at the bottom, there’s a ramp, creating an ungodly massive standing wave.

It looks like other river waves, or manmade stationary waves, but on steroids. Unfathomably large, immeasurably powerful, and un-surfable no question.

But still…it’s fun to imagine. What if?

For more on the massive water entrapment, here’s the Pakistani government:

“Tarbela Dam is one of the world’s largest earth and rock filled dam and greatest water resources development project which was completed in 1976 as a component of Indus Basin Project. The Dam is located on the river Indus known as the ‘Abbasin’ or the father of the river at a distance of 130 KM (50 Miles) to the North West of Islamabad, in District Swabi, KPK.

“Emerging from the land of glaciers on the northern slopes of Kailash ranges, some 17,000 feet (5182 meters) above sea level, the river Indus has its source near the Lake Mansrowar in the Himalyan catchment area. It flows over 1800 miles (2900 k. meters) before falling into the Arabian Sea, draining an area of about 372,000 square miles (964,261 sq.kms). The World Bank accepted Tarbela Dam Project as a part of the Settlement (Replacement) plan under Indus water treaty in 1965. WAPDA was entrusted with its execution on behalf of the Government of Pakistan.”

World’s largest dam, world’s largest standing wave.