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Aso Dam

The 796th tallest dam in the world

44.2 m · 145 ft

Aso Dam is a gravity dam located in Yamaguchi prefecture in Japan, used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi) and can store 1,320,000 m3 (46,615,360.1 cu ft) of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1993 and completed in 2002.

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

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