Yanbara Dam

Yanbara Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the , in the city of , Fukui prefecture, . It is upriver of the confluence of the Itoshiro River and the larger .
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Yamahara Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Kuzuryūko Station and Echizen-Shimoyama Station.

Railway station
Photo: SONIC BLOOMING, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a JR West railway station in the city of , . is situated 2 km southwest of Yanbara Dam.

Railway station
Photo: Tomoya.hashimoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Echizen-Shimoyama is a JR West railway station in the city of , . is situated 3½ km west of Yanbara Dam.

Farm shop
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is a farm shop, which is situated 2 km southwest of Yanbara Dam.

Yanbara Dam

Latitude
35.92019° or 35° 55′ 13″ north
Longitude
136.67253° or 136° 40′ 21″ east
Elevation
460 metres (1,509 feet)
Open location code
8Q7RWMCF+32
Geo­Names ID
7572557
Wiki­data ID
Q17061324
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Yanbara Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Yamahara-damu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد ينبرا”
  • Italian: “diga di Yanbara”
  • Italian: “Diga di Yanbara”
  • Japanese: “やまはらだむ”
  • Japanese: “山原ダム”
  • Uzbek: “Yanbara toʻgʻoni”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Asahi and Otani.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Uchinami-gawa and Nakatatsukōzan.

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Worth a closer look: Fukui and Obama.

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