Kuzuryu Dam
The Kuzuryu Dam is a dam in the city of Ōno in the Fukui Prefecture of Japan. The dam supports a 220 MW hydroelectric power station. As a result of the series of developments, 530 private houses, 191 hectares of farmland, 868 hectares of forest and 81 km of roads in Izumi village were to be submerged.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Japan
- Also known as: “Kuzuryū Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kuzuryūko Station and Washi Dam.
Kuzuryūko Station
Railway station
Photo: SONIC BLOOMING, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kuzuryūko Station is a JR West railway station in the city of Ōno, Fukui, Japan. Kuzuryūko Station is situated 3 km northwest of Kuzuryu Dam.
Washi Dam
Dam
Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Washi Dam is a hydroelectric power Arch-gravity dam on the Kuzuryū River system in the city of Ōno in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The dam has a height of 45 meters and is owned by the Electric Power Development Company. Washi Dam is situated 2 km northwest of Kuzuryu Dam.
Roadside station Kuzuryu
Farm shop
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Roadside station Kuzuryu is a farm shop, which is situated 3 km northwest of Kuzuryu Dam.
Kuzuryu Dam
- Category: rock-fill dam
- Location: Ōno, Fukui, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.88994° or 35° 53′ 24″ northLongitude
136.68843° or 136° 41′ 18″ eastElevation
542 metres (1,778 feet)Open location code
8Q7RVMQQ+X9OpenStreetMap ID
way 823021676OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Kuzuryu Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kuzuryu-dam”
- Chinese: “九头龙水坝”
- Chinese: “九頭龍壩”
- Chinese: “九頭龍水壩”
- Chinese: “九頭龍水庫”
- Chinese: “長野發電廠”
- Italian: “diga di Kuzuryu”
- Italian: “Diga di Kuzuryū”
- Japanese: “九頭竜ダム”
- Japanese: “九頭竜湖”
- Japanese: “長野ダム”
- Japanese: “長野発電所”
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