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Wagatani Dam

The 539th tallest dam in the world

56.5 m · 185 ft

Wagatani Dam is a gravity dam located in Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and power production. The catchment area of the dam is 86.1 km2. The dam impounds about 60 ha of land when full and can store 10100 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1958 and completed in 1964.

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