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Tarudoko Dam

The 858th tallest dam in the world

42 m · 138 ft

The Tarutoko Dam is a gravity dam located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Primarily used for power generation, the dam has a catchment area of 39.5 km2. When full, it impounds about 180 ha of land and has a storage capacity of 20,600 thousand cubic meters of water. Construction was completed in 1957.

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

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