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Ainono Dam

The 901st tallest dam in the world

40.8 m · 134 ft

Ainono Dam is an earthfill dam located in Akita Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 37.8 km2. The dam impounds about 30 ha of land when full and can store 3568 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was and completed in 1961.

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