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Kōsaka Dam

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Country
  
Japan

Purpose
  
Flood control

Opening date
  
1972 (1972)

Height
  
38 m

Construction began
  
1969

Location
  
Saku, Nagano

Status
  
Operational

Type of dam
  
Embankment dam

Construction cost
  
1.222 billion JPY

Kōsaka Dam

Similar
  
Mizukami Dam, Kitayama Dam, Yukawa Dam, Himekawa Dam, Kanabara Dam

Kosaka Dam (Japanese: 香坂ダム) is a embankment dam on the Kosaka river in the Saku, Nagano, Japan, completed in 1972. The primary purpose is flood control, because villages in the Kosaka River basin suffered heavy damage from the floods.

References

Kōsaka Dam Wikipedia