Sameura Dam
The Sameura Dam is a dam on the Yoshino River on the island of Shikoku, Japan, completed in 1975. It has the largest storage capacity in Shikoku. The dam holds back a reservoir, named Lake Sameura The dam is used for flood control, as a source of irrigation, and to provide tap water to surrounding areas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roadside station Tosa-Sameura.
Roadside station Tosa-Sameura
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Roadside station Tosa-Sameura is situated 1½ km south of Sameura Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Motoyama.
Motoyama
Town
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Motoyama is a town located in Nagaoka District, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2022, the town had an estimated population of 3‚318 in 1858 households and a population density of 25 persons per km2. Motoyama is situated 3½ km east of Sameura Dam.
Sameura Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Motoyama and Tosa, Kōchi, Japan
- Category: gravity dam
- Location: Tosa, Tosa-gun, Kochi, Shikoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Sameura Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Sameura Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sameura-damu”
- Chinese: “早明浦水庫”
- Japanese: “さめうらだむ”
- Japanese: “さめうら湖”
- Japanese: “早明浦ダム”
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Explore places such as Nakajima and Tosa.
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