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Kisenyama Dam

The 175th tallest dam in the world

91 m · 299 ft

Kisenyama Dam is a rockfill dam located in Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 0.9 km2. The dam impounds about 31 hectares of land when full and can store 7,227 m3 of water. The construction of the dam was started in 1966 and was completed in 1970.

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

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