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.- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Japan
- Also known as: “Kuzuryū Dam”, “九头龙水坝”, “九頭竜湖”, “九頭龍壩”, “九頭龍水壩”, “九頭龍水庫”, “長野ダム”, and “長野発電所”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Kuzuryūko Station and Washi Dam.
Kuzuryūko Station
Railway station
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
Washi Dam is a hydroelectric power Arch-gravity dam… Washi Dam is situated 2 km northwest of Kuzuryu Dam.
Roadside station Kuzuryu
Farm shop
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″ north
Longitude
136.68843° or 136° 41′ 18″ east
Elevation
542 metres (1,778 feet)
Open location code
8Q7RVMQQ+X9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Kuzuryu Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kuzuryu-dam”
- Chinese: “長野發電廠”
- Italian: “diga di Kuzuryu”
- Italian: “Diga di Kuzuryū”
- Japanese: “九頭竜ダム”
- Uzbek: “Kuzuryu toʻgʻoni”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Nagano and Nojiri.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: 市立和泉小学校 and JA福井県 九頭竜出張所.
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