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Matsugae Dam

The 718th tallest dam in the world

47 m · 154 ft

Matsugae Dam is a gravity dam located in Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 2.8 km2. The dam impounds about 10 ha of land when full and can store 1579 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1957 and completed in 1960.

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

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