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Ushirogawachi Dam

The 852nd tallest dam in the world

42.2 m · 138 ft

Ushirogawachi Dam is a rockfill dam located in Saga Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 0.5 km2. The dam impounds about 22 ha of land when full and can store 3754 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1972 and completed in 1992.

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