Hirasawa Dam

Hirasawa Dam is an earthfill dam located in Chiba Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 2.4 km2. The dam impounds about 14 ha of land when full and can store 1160 thousand cubic meters of water.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fusamoto Station and Kugahara.

Fusamoto Station

Railway station

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Fusamoto Station is a railway station operated by the Isumi Railway Company's Isumi Line, located in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 22.2 kilometers from the eastern terminus of the Izumi Line at Ōhara Station. Fusamoto Station is situated 2½ km north of Hirasawa Dam.

Kugahara

Railway station

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Kugahara Station is a railway station on the Isumi Line in Isumi, Chiba Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Isumi Railway. Kugahara is situated 3½ km north of Hirasawa Dam.

Nishihata Station

Railway station

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Nishihata Station is a railway station operated by the Isumi Railway Company's Isumi Line, located in Ōtaki, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 25.1 kilometers from the eastern terminus of the Izumi Line at Ōhara Station. Nishihata Station is situated 4 km northwest of Hirasawa Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Otaki and Koya.

Otaki

Town

Photo: 白蛇の騎士, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ōtaki is a Japanese town in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The town is known for its association with Edo period general Honda Tadakatsu, and its castle. As of 1 January 2019, the town had an estimated population of 8,982 in 3820 households and a population density of 69 persons per km2. Otaki is situated 7 km north of Hirasawa Dam.

Koya

Quarter

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Koya is a quarter, which is situated 8 km north of Hirasawa Dam.

Hirasawa Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Location: Ōtaki Machi, Isumi District, Chiba, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.21967° or 35° 13′ 11″ north

Longitude

140.23288° or 140° 13′ 58″ east

Elevation

114 metres (374 feet)

Open location code

8R72669M+V5

GeoNames ID

7572508

Wikidata ID

Q34836269

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Hirasawa Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Hirasawa-damu”
Japanese: “ひらさわだむ”
Japanese: “ヒラサワダム”
Japanese: “平沢ダム”
Uzbek: “Hirasawa toʻgʻoni”

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