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Hotokebara Dam

Ōno-shi, Japan

Hotokebara Dam is a gravity dam located in Fukui Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 437.9 km2. The dam impounds about 29 ha of land when full and can store 3723 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1965 and completed in 1968.

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