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Nanma Dam

The 211th tallest dam in the world

86.5 m · 284 ft

Nanma Dam is a rockfill dam located in Tochigi prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 139.3 km2. The dam impounds about 210 ha of land when full and can store 51000 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1969.

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

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