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Kamiichigawa No.2 Dam

The 381st tallest dam in the world

67 m · 220 ft

Kamiichikawa No.2 Dam is a rockfill dam located in Toyama prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and power production. The catchment area of the dam is 38.7 km2. The dam impounds about 39 ha of land when full and can store 7800 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam started in 1971 and was completed in 1985.

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