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Yamato Dam

The 772nd tallest dam in the world

45 m · 148 ft

Yamato Dam is a gravity dam located in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 2.1 km2. The dam's surface area stretches to about 6 ha when full and can store 784 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started in 1990 and completed in 2006.

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

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