Yanome Dam

Yanome Dam is a rockfill dam located in Tochigi prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 8.6 km2. The dam impounds about 14 ha of land when full and can store 1100 thousand cubic meters of water.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Toyohara.

Railway station
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Station is a railway station in the town of , , Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company. is situated 1½ km south of Yanome Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nishigo and Shirakawa.

Village
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Nishigō is a village located in , . As of 1 March 2020, the village had an estimated population of 20,351 in 7618 households and a population density of 110 persons per km2. The total area of the village was 192.06 square kilometres. is situated 8 km north of Yanome Dam.

Photo: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋), CC BY 2.0.
is the southernmost city in Nakadori area of prefecture, with a population of approximately 60,000 people.

Yanome Dam

Latitude
37.0687° or 37° 4′ 7″ north
Longitude
140.15171° or 140° 9′ 6″ east
Elevation
370 metres (1,214 feet)
Open location code
8R923592+FM
Geo­Names ID
7573588
Wiki­data ID
Q11583865
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Satellite Map

Discover Yanome Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Yanome Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Yanome-damu”
  • Chinese: “矢之目水壩”
  • Japanese: “やのめだむ”
  • Japanese: “矢の目ダム”
  • Uzbek: “Yanome toʻgʻoni”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Morinaga and Oidawara.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Nasu-machiyakuba and Nishigō-murayakuba.

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