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Below is a list of dams and reservoirs in Japan. As a nation of islands and narrow, steep valleys, dams play a vital role in Japanese society as they are constructed primarily to control floods, supply water and generate hydroelectric power. The tallest dam in Japan is the 186 m (610 ft) high Kurobe Dam. The largest dam by structural volume in the country is the Tokuyama Dam with 13,700,000 m3 (17,900,000 cu yd) of rock-fill. Tokuyama also creates Japan's largest reservoir with a water volume of 660,000,000 m3 (540,000 acre·ft). Some of the dams are listed below by prefecture.
Contents
- Aichi Prefecture
- Aomori Prefecture
- Fukui Prefecture
- Fukuoka Prefecture
- Fukushima Prefecture
- Gifu Prefecture
- Gunma Prefecture
- Hiroshima Prefecture
- Hokkaid
- Hygo Prefecture
- Ibaraki Prefecture
- Ishikawa Prefecture
- Iwate Prefecture
- Kagawa Prefecture
- Kagoshima Prefecture
- Kanagawa Prefecture
- Kchi Prefecture
- Kyoto Prefecture
- Mie Prefecture
- Miyagi Prefecture
- Miyazaki Prefecture
- Nagano Prefecture
- Nara Prefecture
- Niigata Prefecture
- ita Prefecture
- Okayama Prefecture
- Okinawa Prefecture
- Osaka Prefecture
- Saga Prefecture
- Saitama Prefecture
- Shiga Prefecture
- Shimane Prefecture
- Shizuoka Prefecture
- Tochigi Prefecture
- Tokushima Prefecture
- Tokyo
- Tottori Prefecture
- Toyama Prefecture
- Yamagata Prefecture
- Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Yamanashi Prefecture
- References
Aichi Prefecture
Aomori Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture
Gunma Prefecture
Hiroshima Prefecture
Hokkaidō
Hyōgo Prefecture
Ibaraki Prefecture
Ishikawa Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture
Kagawa Prefecture
Kagoshima Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
Kōchi Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
Miyazaki Prefecture
Nagano Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
Niigata Prefecture
Ōita Prefecture
Okayama Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
Saga Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture
Shimane Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
Tochigi Prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture
Tokyo
Tottori Prefecture
Toyama Prefecture
Yamagata Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture
Yamanashi Prefecture
References
List of dams and reservoirs in Japan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA