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Takane No.1 Dam

The 59th tallest dam in the world

133 m · 436 ft

Takane No.1 Dam (Takane Dai-ichi da-mu) is a concrete arch dam in the city of Takayama, in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan. It supports a 340 MW hydroelectric power station.

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

More dams in Japan

  1. Kurobe Dam186 m
  2. Tokuyama Dam161 m
  3. Naramata Dam158 m
  4. Okutadami Dam157 m
  5. Urayama Dam156 m

Other tall dams worldwide

  1. Rogun Dam · Tajikistan335 m
  2. Shuangjiangkou Dam · China312 m
  3. Norak Dam · Tajikistan300 m
  4. Grande Dixence dam · Switzerland285 m
  5. Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam · Russia245 m
  6. Oroville Dam · United States234.7 m
  7. Bhakra Dam · India225.6 m
  8. Hoover Dam · United States221 m