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Daidogawa Dam

The 371st tallest dam in the world

67.5 m · 221 ft

Daidogawa Dam is a gravity dam located in Shiga prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control. The catchment area of the dam is 152 km2. The dam impounds about 120 ha of land when full and can store 22100 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was done in 1978.

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

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