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Shinaki Dam

The 814th tallest dam in the world

43.5 m · 143 ft

Shinaki Dam is a dam in the Gunma Prefecture of Japan. Shinaki dam was constructed to neutralize strong acid water that flowed from Kusatsu Onsen. Calcium carbonate is used for neutralizing.

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

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