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1 Lake Segozero  
FeatureType : waterbody
Lat/Lng : 63.3 / 33.75
Lake Segozero is a large freshwater lake in the Republic of Karelia, northwestern part of Russia. It is located at . Segezha River is a major outflow from Segozero and it empties to Vygozero. After the hydroelectric power plant was built on Segezha River the surface area of Segozero have risen from (...)
2 Kuybyshev Reservoir  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 45
Lat/Lng : 55.2713 / 49.5589
Kuybyshev Reservoir or Kuybyshevskoye Reservoir (Kuybyshevskoye Vodokhranilishche), sometimes called Samara Reservoir and informally called Kuybyshev Sea, is a reservoir of the middle Volga and lower Kama in the Chuvash Republic, Mari El Republic, Republic of Tatarstan, Samara Oblast and Ulyanovsk (...)
3 Kakhovka Reservoir  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 13
Lat/Lng : 47.4667 / 34.1667
The Kakhovka Reservoir is a water reservoir located on the Dnieper River. The reservoir was created in 1956 when the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was built. (...)
4 Bureya Dam  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 133
Lat/Lng : 50.2692 / 130.3133
The Bureya Dam (locally referred to as Bureyskaya) is a hydroelectric dam on the Bureya River in the Russian Far East. (...)
5 Dnieper Hydroelectric Station  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 37
Lat/Lng : 47.8692 / 35.0869
The Dnieper Hydroelectric Station (- DniproHES, - DneproGES, also known as Dneprostroi Dam) is the largest hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River, located in Zaporizhia, Ukraine. It is the fifth step of Dnieper hydroelectric stations cascade that provides electric power for Donets–Kryvyi (...)
6 Domodossola  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 284
Lat/Lng : 46.1161 / 8.2911
Domodossola (; Lombard: Dòm) is a city and comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, northern Italy. It was also known as Oscela, Oscella, Oscella dei Leponzi, Ossolo, Ossola Lepontiorum, and Domo d'Ossola (due to its position in the Ossola valley). (...)
7Uglich Hydroelectric Station  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 104
Lat/Lng : 57.5275 / 38.2978
The Uglich Hydroelectric Station or Uglich GES is a hydroelectric station on the Volga River in Uglich in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, and is the first of the Volga-Kama Cascade of dams. It began operating on December 8, 1940, making it one of the oldest hydroelectric plants in Russia (...)
8 Votkinsk  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 128
Lat/Lng : 57.05 / 54.0
Votkinsk (; , Votka) is an industrial town in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. Population: (...)
9 Zaporizhia  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 54
Lat/Lng : 47.8333 / 35.1667
Zaporizhia (Zaporizhzhya) or Zaporozhye , formerly Alexandrovsk , is a city in southeastern Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of the Zaporizhia Oblast (region). The city population is the sixth largest in Ukraine , UkrStat.gov.ua (2016) (...)
10 Nikkō, Tochigi  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 380
Lat/Lng : 36.7198 / 139.6982
is a city located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2015, the city had an estimated population of 84,197, and a population density of 58.1 persons per km2. Its total area is 1,449.83 km2. It is a popular destination for Japanese and international tourists (...)
11 Bratsk  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 456
Lat/Lng : 56.1558 / 101.6231
Bratsk is a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir. Population: (...)
12 Niagara Falls  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 97
Lat/Lng : 43.0799 / -79.0747
Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge (...)
13 Trois-Ponts  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 251
Lat/Lng : 50.3722 / 5.8716
Trois-Ponts is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. On January 1, 2006, Trois-Ponts had a total population of 2,445. The total area is 68.90 km² which gives a population density of 35 inhabitants per km² (...)
14 Lipno Dam  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 725
Lat/Lng : 48.689 / 14.0869
The Lipno Dam is a dam and hydroelectric plant constructed along the Vltava River in the Czech Republic. (...)
15 Oskemen  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 297
Lat/Lng : 49.983 / 82.617
Ust-Kamenogorsk or Oskemen is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. It is served by Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport. Population: (...)
16 Ciudad Guayana  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 61
Lat/Lng : 8.3596 / -62.6517
Ciudad Guayana is a city in Bolívar State, Venezuela. It stretches 40 kilometers along the south bank of the Orinoco river, at the point where it is joined by its main tributary, the Caroní river. The Caroni crosses the city south-north and divides it on its two main halves: the old town of San (...)
17 Isar  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 1762
Lat/Lng : 47.3546 / 11.4817
The Isar is a river in Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tyrol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald, and flows through Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf (...)
18 Uglich Reservoir  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 109
Lat/Lng : 57.4833 / 38.2667
Uglich Reservoir or Uglichskoye Reservoir is an artificial lake in the upper part of the Volga River formed by the Uglich Hydroelectric Station dam. It was built in 1939 in the town of Uglich. It is located in Tver and Yaroslavl Oblasts in central Russia. (...)
19 Corrientes  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 63
Lat/Lng : -27.4833 / -58.8167
Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It has a population of 346,334 according to the 2010 Census (...)
20 Dawson City  
FeatureType : city
Lat/Lng : 64.0428 / -139.4168
Dawson City, officially the Town of the City of Dawson, is a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99). Its population was 1,375 as of the 2016 census. (...)