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Aikawa Dam

The 909th tallest dam in the world

40.3 m · 132 ft

Aikawa Dam is a rockfill dam located in Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 5.6 km2. The dam impounds about 17 ha of land when full and can store 1770 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1983 and completed in 1996. The dam is constructed in Aikawa river.

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