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Mizukubo Dam

The 447th tallest dam in the world

62 m · 203 ft

Mizukubo Dam is a rockfill dam located in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for agriculture and water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 68 km2. The dam impounds about 170 ha of land when full and can store 31000 thousand cubic meters of water. The dam was completed in 1975. The climate is continental. The average temperature is 8 °C. The warmest month is July, at 19 °C, and the coldest is January, at −4 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1,655 mm. The wettest month is July, at 269 mm of rainfall, and the driest is January, at 72 mm.

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

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