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Kuzuryu Dam

The 72nd tallest dam in the world

128 m · 420 ft

The Kuzuryu Dam (Kuzuryū-damu) is a dam in the city of Ōno in the Fukui Prefecture of Japan. The dam supports a 220 MW hydroelectric power station. As a result of the series of developments, 530 private houses, 191 hectares of farmland, 868 hectares of forest and 81 km of roads in Izumi village were to be submerged.

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

Other tall dams worldwide

  1. Rogun Dam · Tajikistan335 m
  2. Shuangjiangkou Dam · China312 m
  3. Norak Dam · Tajikistan300 m
  4. Grande Dixence dam · Switzerland285 m
  5. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Russia245 m
  6. Oroville Dam · United States234.7 m
  7. Bhakra Dam · India225.6 m
  8. Hoover Dam · United States221 m