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Mazegawa Dam

The 791st tallest dam in the world

44.5 m · 146 ft

Mazegawa No.2 Dam (Mazegawa dai-ni da-mu) is a dam in the city of Gero in Gifu Prefecture, Japan on the Maze River. The dam is part of the Iwaya Dam project which acts as a flood control across the wider Kiso River system. The dam is a concrete gravity dam with a height of 44.5 meters. It was constructed for hydroelectric power generation and its associated power plant has a capacity of 288,000 kilowatts of power. It is managed by the Chubu Electric Power Company.

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