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Sasanamigawa Dam

The 375th tallest dam in the world

67.4 m · 221 ft

Sasanamigawa Dam is an arch dam located in Yamaguchi prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 91.5 km2. The dam impounds about 96 ha of land when full and can store 20100 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1956 and completed in 1959.

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

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