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Matsuo Dam

The 366th tallest dam in the world

68 m · 223 ft

Matsuo Dam is a gravity dam located in Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and power production. The catchment area of the dam is 304.1 km2. The dam impounds about 195 ha of land when full and can store 45202 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1939 and completed in 1951.

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

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