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Yamatosaka Dam

The 130th tallest dam in the world

103 m · 338 ft

Yamatosaka Dam is a gravity dam located in Ehime Prefecture in Japan. The dam will be used for flood control. The catchment area of the dam is 64.7 km2. The dam impounds about 76 ha of land when full and can store 24900 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was started on 1986 and will be completed in 2026.

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

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