Usunaka Dam
Usunaka Dam is a rockfill dam located in Toyama prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for flood control and irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 13.5 km2.Photo: kaizard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Johana Dam and Sakuragaike Pond.
Koregatani Dam
Dam
Koregatani Dam is an earthfill dam located in Toyama prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for irrigation. The catchment area of the dam is 0.7 km2. The dam impounds about ha of land when full and can store 260 thousand cubic meters of water. Koregatani Dam is situated 3½ km north of Usunaka Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jōhana and Gokayama.
Jōhana
Neighborhood
Jōhana was a town located in Higashitonami District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 9,658 and a population density of 148.52 persons per km2. Jōhana is situated 7 km northeast of Usunaka Dam.
Gokayama
Photo: Minque, Public domain.
Gokayama is composed of two historic villages in Nanto City, Toyama, Japan. Together with the better-known Shirakawa-go in Gifu, they were registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites on December 9, 1995.
Fukumitsu
Neighborhood
Fukumitsu was a town located in Nishitonami District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Fukumitsu town developed around Fukumitsu Castle, which was built around the 12th century. Fukumitsu is situated 10 km north of Usunaka Dam.
Usunaka Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Toyama Prefecture, Japan
- Category: rock-fill dam
- Location: Nanto Shi, Toyama, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Usunaka Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Usunaka-damu”
- Japanese: “うすなかだむ”
- Japanese: “臼中ダム”
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