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Showa-ike Dam

Showa-ike Dam Showa-ike Dam - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Showa-ike Dam is an earthfill dam located in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 5.3 km2. The dam impounds about 3 ha of land when full and can store 196 thousand cubic meters of water. The construction of the dam was completed in 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

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