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Muro Dam

The 423rd tallest dam in the world

63.5 m · 208 ft

Murō Dam is a concrete gravity dam located in Nara prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 169 km2. The dam impounds about 105 ha of land when full and can store 16900 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started in 1966 and completed in 1973.

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

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