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Soyang Dam

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Country
  
South Korea

Status
  
Operational

Type of dam
  
Embankment

Opened
  
1973

Construction began
  
1967

Location
  
Chuncheon

Opening date
  
1973

Impounds
  
Soyang River

Owner
  
K-water

Impound
  
Soyang River

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Province
  
Gangwon Province, South Korea

Similar
  
Chuncheon Station, Chungju Dam, Hwacheon Dam, Namiseom, Namchuncheon Station

The Soyang Dam, also referred to as the Soyanggang Dam, is an embankment dam on the Soyang River, 10 km (6 mi) northeast of Chuncheon in Gangwon-do Province, South Korea. The purpose of the dam is flood control, water supply and hydroelectric power generation. Construction on the dam began in 1967 and was complete in 1973. The 123 m (404 ft) tall dam withholds a reservoir of 2,900,000,000 m3 (2,351,068 acre·ft) and supplies water to a 200 MW power station.

Map of Soyang Dam, Sinbuk-eup, Chuncheon

References

Soyang Dam Wikipedia