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Oseuchi Dam

The 399th tallest dam in the world

65.5 m · 215 ft

Ohseuchi Dam is an asphalt dam located in Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 1.7 km2. The dam impounds about 27 ha of land when full and can store 6200 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1997 and completed in 2007.

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

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