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Wajiki Dam

The 642nd tallest dam in the world

51 m · 167 ft

Wajiki Dam is a gravity dam located in Kochi Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 1.9 km2. The dam impounds about 7 ha of land when full and can store 730 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1992 and completed in 2024.

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

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