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Bonjigawa Dam

The 899th tallest dam in the world

40.9 m · 134 ft

Bonjigawa Dam is a gravity dam located in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 244.8 km2. The dam impounds about 9 ha of land when full and can store 1274 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1932 and completed in 1933.

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