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Aburatani Dam

The 236th tallest dam in the world

82 m · 269 ft

Aburatani Dam is a rockfill dam located in Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 13.8 km2. The dam impounds about 23 ha of land when full and can store 5420 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1970 and completed in 1975.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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