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Jinzukawa No.2 Dam

The 913th tallest dam in the world

40 m · 131 ft

Jin-ni (Jin No. 2) Dam is a gravity dam located in Toyama prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 2060 km2. The dam impounds about 67 ha of land when full and can store 8663 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1952 and completed in 1953.

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