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Urakawa Dam

The 855th tallest dam in the world

42.1 m · 138 ft

Urakawa Dam is a gravity dam located in Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan. It is used primarily for flood control. The dam's catchment area is 18.1 km2. The dam impounds about 60 ha of land when full and can store 5.63 million cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1973 and completed in 1999.

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

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