Sakaigawa Dam
Sakaigawa Dam is a dam in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture and Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is named for the Sakaigawa River, upon which it is built. The dam has an associated 27 MW hydroelectric power station about 2.9 km downstream.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: 河川一等兵, Public domain.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Toyama and Gifu prefectures, Japan
- Also known as: “Sakaigawa-damu”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mt. Daimon and Narude Dam.
Mt. Daimon
Peak
Photo: Alpsdake, Public domain.
Mt. Daimon is a peak, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Sakaigawa Dam.
Narude Dam
Dam
Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Narude Dam is a gravity dam on the Shō River about 22 km south of Nanto on the border of Toyama and Gifu Prefectures, Japan. It was constructed between 1950 and 1952. Narude Dam is situated 3 km east of Sakaigawa Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gokayama.
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.
Sakaigawa Dam
- Category: gravity dam
- Location: Nanto Shi, Toyama, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.34864° or 36° 20′ 55″ northLongitude
136.83985° or 136° 50′ 23″ eastElevation
544 metres (1,785 feet)Open location code
8Q8R8RXQ+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 446470291OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Sakaigawa Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sakaigawa-damu”
- Chinese: “境川水庫”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد ساكيجاوا”
- Italian: “diga di Sakaigawa”
- Japanese: “さかいがわだむ”
- Japanese: “境川ダム”
- Japanese: “桂湖”
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