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Kawamata Dam

The 92nd tallest dam in the world

117 m · 384 ft

Kawamata Dam is an arch dam located in Tochigi prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and power production. The catchment area of the dam is 179.4 km2. The dam impounds about 259 ha of land when full and can store 87600 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1957 and completed in 1966.

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

More dams in Japan

  1. Kurobe Dam186 m
  2. Tokuyama Dam161 m
  3. Naramata Dam158 m
  4. Okutadami Dam157 m
  5. Urayama Dam156 m

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  5. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Russia245 m
  6. Oroville Dam · United States234.7 m
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