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Peepan Dam

The 672nd tallest dam in the world

49.2 m · 161 ft

Pepan Dam is a rockfill dam located in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan. The dam is primarily used for irrigation. It has a catchment area of 32 km2 (12 sq mi). The dam impounds approximately 27 ha (67 acres) of land when full and can store 3,800 thousand cubic metres (130×10^6 cu ft) of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1973 and was completed in 1997.

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

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