Narude Dam
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.Photo: Qurren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Toyama and Gifu prefectures, Japan
- Also known as: “Narude-damu”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sakaigawa Dam.
Sakaigawa Dam
Dam
Photo: 河川一等兵, Public domain.
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. Sakaigawa Dam is situated 3 km west of Narude Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gokayama and Shirakawa.
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.
Shirakawa
Village
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Shirakawa is a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is best known for being the site of Shirakawa-gō, a small, traditional village showcasing a building style known as gasshō-zukuri. Shirakawa is situated 9 km south of Narude Dam.
Narude Dam
- Categories: gravity dam and hydroelectric dam
- Location: Nanto Shi, Toyama, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.34997° or 36° 20′ 60″ northLongitude
136.87447° or 136° 52′ 28″ eastElevation
394 metres (1,293 feet)Open location code
8Q8R8VXF+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 440226641OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Narude Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Narude-damu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد نارود”
- Japanese: “なるでだむ”
- Japanese: “成出ダム”
- Japanese: “成出制御所”
- Japanese: “成出発電所”
- Japanese: “新成出発電所”
- Uzbek: “Narude toʻgʻoni”
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