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Hirosawa Dam

The 435th tallest dam in the world

62.7 m · 206 ft

Hirosawa Dam is a gravity dam located in Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 43 square kilometres. The dam impounds about 35 hectares of land when full and can store 5.1 million cubic metres of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1974 and completed in 2000.

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