Aigawa Dam
Aigawa Dam is a gravity dam located in Shimane Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 333.2 km2. The dam impounds about 16 ha of land when full and can store 1085 thousand cubic meters of water.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Shimane Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Aikawa Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roadside station Orochi-no-sato and Obara Dam.
Roadside station Orochi-no-sato
Building
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Roadside station Orochi-no-sato is a building, which is situated 3 km north of Aigawa Dam.
Obara Dam
Dam
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Obara Dam is a gravity dam located in Shimane Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and water supply. The catchment area of the dam is 289 km2. Obara Dam is situated 3½ km north of Aigawa Dam.
Aigawa Dam
- Location: Okuizumo, Nita district, Shimane, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.1928° or 35° 11′ 34″ northLongitude
132.96192° or 132° 57′ 43″ eastElevation
212 metres (696 feet)Open location code
8Q7J5XV6+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1266597231OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tamil—“Aigawa Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد أيجاوا”
- Cebuano: “Aikawa-damu”
- Japanese: “あいかわだむ”
- Japanese: “阿井川ダム”
- Tamil: “ஐகாவா அணை”
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