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Okawase Dam

The 645th tallest dam in the world

50.8 m · 167 ft

Ohkawase Dam is a gravity dam located in Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation and water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 279.6 km2. The dam impounds about 67 ha of land when full and can store 9300 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1968 and completed in 1991.

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