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Sakaigawa Dam

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Country
  
Japan

Status
  
Operational

Type of dam
  
Gravity

Opened
  
2 June 1993

Impound
  
Shō River

Purpose
  
Power

Opening date
  
1993

Height
  
115 m

Construction began
  
1973

Sakaigawa Dam

Location
  
nanto, Toyama Prefecture

Address
  
Katsura, Nanto, Toyama Prefecture 939-1969, Japan

Similar
  
Narude Dam, Mt Ogasa, Mount Oizuru, Wadagawa Dam, Hatogaya Dam

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Sakaigawa Dam (境川ダム, Sakaigawa damu) is a dam in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture and Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is named for the Sakaigawa River (a tributary of the Shō River), upon which it is built. The dam has an associated 27 MW hydroelectric power station about 2.9 km (1.8 mi) downstream. It was commissioned in June 1993.

References

Sakaigawa Dam Wikipedia