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Origawa Dam

The 100th tallest dam in the world

114 m · 374 ft

Origawa Dam is a gravity dam located in Gifu Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and power production. The catchment area of the dam is 55 km2. The dam impounds about 111 ha of land when full and can store 15100 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1979 and completed in 2003.

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

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