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Arase Dam

The 398th tallest dam in the world

65.6 m · 215 ft

Arase Dam is a rockfill dam located in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 7.9 km2. The surface area of the dam is about 15 ha when full. It can store 2,580 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam started in 1989 and was completed in 2018.

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