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Dainichigawa Dam

The 836th tallest dam in the world

42.8 m · 140 ft

Dainichigawa Dam is a gravity dam located in Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The dam impounds about 16 ha of land when full and can store 2099 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was completed in 1966.

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

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