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Yamasa Dam

The 547th tallest dam in the world

56 m · 184 ft

Yamasa Dam is a gravity dam located in Shimane Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 19.2 km2. The dam impounds about 28 ha of land when full and can store 5050 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1970 and completed in 1980.

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

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