Uryu Dam
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Uryu Dam | |
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Location | Hokkaidō, Japan. |
Coordinates | 44°18′02″N 142°10′55″E / 44.3006°N 142.182°E |
Construction began | 1939 |
Opening date | 1943 |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Uryu River |
Height | 45.5 m |
Length | 216 m |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 224,653,000 m³ |
Catchment area | 368.5 km² |
Surface area | 2,373 hectares |
The Uryu Dam (雨竜ダム) is a dam complex in Hokkaidō, Japan on the Uryu River. It consists of two dams. It is a power generation dam managed by Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc., and is a gravity-type concrete dam with a bank height of 45.5 meters. Lake Shumarinai, which is an artificial lake, is more famous than a dam, but this lake is the largest artificial lake in Japan with a flooded area (the area of a dam lake). This record has not yet been broken since it was completed in 1943 (Showa 18) during the war.
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